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#Giveaway ROAD TO DELANO by John DeSimone @rarebirdlit @rockstarbktours Ends 2.17

February 2, 2020 By Mary 3 Comments

by John DeSimone

ROAD TO DELANO 

About the Book:
Title: ROAD TO DELANO
Author: John DeSimone
Pub. Date: March 10, 2020
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 320

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD

Jack Duncan is a high school senior whose dream is to play baseball in college and beyond―as far away from Delano as possible. He longs to escape the political turmoil surrounding the labor struggles of the striking fieldworkers that infests his small ag town. Ever since his father, a grape grower, died under suspicious circumstances ten years earlier, he’s had to be the sole emotional support of his mother, who has kept secrets from him about his father’s involvement in the ongoing labor strife.

With their property on the verge of a tax sale, Jack drives an old combine into town to sell it so he and his mother don’t become homeless. On the road, an old friend of his father’s shows up and hands him the police report indicating Jack’s father was murdered. Jack is compelled to dig deep to discover the entire truth, which throws him into the heart of the corruption endemic in the Central Valley. Everything he has dreamed of is at stake if he can’t control his impulse for revenge.

While Jack’s girlfriend, the intelligent and articulate Ella, warns him not to so anything to jeopardize their plans of moving to L.A., after graduation, Jack turns to his best friend, Adrian, a star player on the team, to help to save his mother’s land. When Jack’s efforts to rescue a stolen piece of farm equipment leaves Adrian―the son of a boycotting fieldworker who works closely with Cesar Chavez―in a catastrophic situation, Jack must bail his friend out of his dilemma before it ruins his future prospects. Jack uses his wits, his acumen at card playing, and his boldness to raise the money to spring his friend, who has been transformed by his jail experience.

The Road to Delano is the path Jack, Ella, and Adrian must take to find their strength, their duty, their destiny.

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The Road To Delano Backstory

About John.:

John DeSimone is a professional memoir ghostwriter, editor, and novelist. He began working as a freelance editor for A-1 Editorial where he performed developmental and copy editing for both novelists and non-fiction writers. He guided authors through the developmental process of refining their voice and subject matter for publication. During that time he edited over a hundred books, both fiction and nonfiction.

For seven years, he worked with Christian Manuscript Critique Service, where he worked with Christian writers in both a developmental and copy editing capacity. He shepherded many authors into publication through detailed analysis and editing of their manuscripts.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a eBook of ROAD TO DELANO, International.

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Comments

  1. shelly peterson says

    February 3, 2020 at 12:40 am

    This sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  2. Calvin says

    February 3, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    Very neat book, nice share.

    Reply
  3. Val says

    February 9, 2020 at 9:05 am

    I was born and raised in Delano CA I am.hopimg I can get a free copy of this book I am surprised I never knew this book existed

    Reply

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