| Lone Star Legend Contributor(s): Zepeda, Gwendolyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0446539600 ISBN-13: 9780446539609 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: When Sandy Saavedra lands her dream job with the popular website Latino Now!, she can't wait to write hard-hitting pieces to combat all those stupid Latino stereotypes. While visions of Pulitzers dance in her head, her editor in chief is suddenly laid off, replaced by the infamous Dolores Villanueva O'Sullivan. Dolores has one mission: make Latino Now! an internet phenomenon, no matter how many pandering puff pieces she has to pack onto its pages. Sandy doesn't see how she can keep this job without losing her soul, especially when she's sent to Middle-of-Nowhere Texas to investigate the dumbest legend her people ever created, the Chupacabra. She fears she's about to fail an assignment-and lose her job-until she meets Tio Jaime, a grandfatherly hermit who might be crazy, or might be the best thing that ever happened to Sandy's career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009011213 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.34" W x 7.98" (0.70 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An aspiring young journalist stuck blogging for a gossip site stumbles across a story that gives new meaning to the word legendary from master wordsmith award-winning author, Gwendolyn Zepeda (Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club). If she can find the time, Sandy Saavedra will stop to breathe. New management has turned work upside down and her father's upcoming marriage-something he forgot to mention to Sandy-means there's no peace at home, either. But it's okay. No matter what's thrown her way, Sandy can deal. Because Sandy has a secret, and his name is T o Jaime. A short drive out of Austin delivers Sandy into the wide-open spaces of the Hill Country, to the front porch of grandfatherly hermit T o Jaime. There, in the company of pepper plants, a shaggy dog, and fresh squeezed lemonade, the old man imparts down-to-earth advice. Overbearing boss? Work smarter; she'll leave you alone. Disrespectful boyfriend? Pack your bags; a real woman tolerates only a real man. His simple perspective reminds Sandy she can make her own choices-something she's been forgetting lately. Feeling inspired, Sandy posts their chats online. But as she introduces the world to her personal Eden, her own life heads straight to hell . . . |