Friday, April 24, 2020

Tour Wrap Up: El Gringo by Edmond Salus #fiction #wrapup #rabtbooktours


Fiction
Date Published: January 2018

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Sonny Galas is an only child being raised by his mother-a widow---and the loving help of his grandfather, also widowed. Living in a Santa Monica apartment complex owned by 'Grandpa' all is well and average for this close-knit family until a certain French family come into the picture, in need of a place to rent. They soon show their colors in various ways, topping it off by slapping a suit on their patient, kind landlord. Sonny's family sees no better option than selling their only asset-the apartments-and getting far away from their Lawyer-packing tenants. Far, as in 'leaving the country', and this is where their true adventure begins. South of the border becomes their new home. 



From their journey through third-world narrow roads, small towns where no English is spoken, to long, hot unending desert roads and through humid coastal towns they continue toward their big city destination, Guadalajara, where their life begins and they encounter everything and everyone from kind helpers to con-artists and crazies and from strangers to good friends, both Mexican and American. From young boy to teenager, as the years pass, Sonny sees it all: his family's ups and downs, the country's ups and downs with its own political third-world corruption, and his own transformation from a simple boy in a new country to a growing youth, fully fluent in Spanish; a devilish yet fun-loving teenager now with roots firmly planted and sprouting happily in his new home, his new country. From the adventures and joys of boyhood with his friends and pals to the wild days through grade school, junior high and high school with the opportunities given him as a bi-lingual kid to living through the set-backs that could trouble any family-Mexican or American-even scare of the faint of heart, he takes it all in; after all, now he's Mexican. The fiestas, the friends, the awesome busy modern streets of Guadalajara in the early Seventies to the early Eighties, Guadalajara, the country's capital of Mariachis.








Did you miss any of the stops on this Tour?

February 24 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight
February 25 - Silver Dagger Scriptorium - Spotlight
February 26 - Stephanie's Book Reviews - Spotlight
February 28 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight
March 2 - The Avid Reader - Interview
March 3 - Momma Says to Read or Not to Read - Spotlight
March 4 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt
March 5 - Book Reviews by Virginia Lee - Spotlight
March 6 - Beach Bound Books - Spotlight
March 9 - Jazzy's Book Reviews - Excerpt
March 10 - Sylv.net - Spotlight
March 11 - Crossroads Reviews - Spotlight
March 12 - Nesie's Place - Excerpt
March 14 - Dina Rae Writes Stuff - Spotlight
March 17 - Lisa Queen of Random - Spotlight
March 18 - Java John Z's - Guest Post
March 19 - Books, Dreams, Life - Spotlight
March 20 - My Reading Addiction - Interview
March 23 - I'm Shelfish - Spotlight
March 24 - Novel News Network - Review
March 25 - Book Corner News and Reviews - Spotlight
March 26 - The Indie Express - Review
March 30 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt
April 1 - A Life Through Books - Review
April 2 - Mythical Books - Spotlight
April 3 - Eileen Troemel - Spotlight
April 6 - Texas Book Nook - Review
April 7 - Sapphyria's Book Blog - Spotlight
April 8 - The Indy Book Fairy - Spotlight
April 9 - On a Reading Bender - Review
April 10 - Chapters Through Life - Spotlight
April 13 - Musings From an Addicted Reader - Spotlight
April 14 - T's Stuff - Spotlight
April 16 - Book Luving Rose - Spotlight
April 17 -  Stephanie's Life of Determination - Spotlight
April 21 - Esraa Yousry - Spotlight
April 22 - Readers Alley - Spotlight
April 23 - Nesie's Place - Spotlight

Edmond Salus







RABT Book Tours & PR

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