About me:
Fred Ramey and Greg Michalson formed Unbridled Books in 2003, a renewal of a partnership dedicated to publishing high-quality works that are moving, beautiful, and surprising. We chose the name to designate a publishing venture that is both energetic and independent.
Unbridled Books aspires to continue as a premier publisher of works of rich literary quality that appeal to a broad audience. We want to be able to continue our longtime discussion about what allows a novel to touch our hearts and our minds at once. And we want readers, booksellers, and reviewers to trust that when they pick up an Unbridled book, we're inviting them to enjoy that rarest of pleasures, a good read...
Visit our website at unbridledbooks.com to browse our catalog and discover the great books we have to offer!
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Hi, just stopping by to wish you a happy Saturday, and to let you know that the new Rain book, Requiem for an Assassin, comes out on May 22. I'll be on the road for a month promoting it, in the San Francisco Bay Area (Menlo Park, San Mateo, Santa Rosa), Seattle, Ft. Lewis, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Boulder, Houston, Ft. Hood, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Carmel (Indianapolis), Bethesda (DC), West Chester (Philadelphia), NYC. Details on my profile page. If you're around for one of these events, come on by -- it would be great to see you!
My mom used to make fun of Mother's Day.
She insisted that being a mother wasn't
something you needed a brass band for.
I can't change my mom's mind -- she died
sixteen years ago. So do me a favor?
Hug yours TWICE today, once for me!
xx
Lou
Hick
by Andrea Portes
Unbridled Books
April 2007, 245 pages, $14.95
by Andi Miller
The 13-year-old narrator of Hick is headed down the wrong path in life, but it's not one she has chosen. Luli McMullen's short life has been filled with disappointment and destruction, leaving little time to enjoy her childhood. Andrea Portes's debut novel, through her teenage protagonist, explores themes of abandonment, abuse, and poverty. Her approach is so subtle and non-preachy that Hick's cinematic equivalent would be more indie drama than after-school special.
The novel opens with a typical night for Luli: a bar fight between her parents escalates into near-violence, and Luli is haphazardly shuffled between the two. She eventually has no other choice than to hitch a ride home with the bartender, who is twice her age and ends up sticking his tongue down her throat. And Luli's scene is set. Her home life, we soon learn, proves just as tumultuous, exacerbated by her bleak reality of growing up poor in rural Nebraska. Through Luli's eyes, Portes expertly captures the loneliness of poverty and the harsh monotony of being a child with no one to take care of you.
After a particularly bad episode involving her drunken father and estranged mother, Luli opts out, She leaves Nebraska to begin anew in Vegas, a place that appears filled with infinite possibility and opportunity: the exact opposite of her current situation. Luli, not your average teenager, ably scrutinizes the world around her. Instead of feeling ashamed about her poor lot in life, she owns it, takes responsibility for it, and sets about making things at least somewhat right. Hers is the journey of lost teenager, but it's far from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Luli's journey begins as a series of rides. Her street smarts come in handy immediately when goggle-eyed cowboy Eddie picks her up. He's not a good guy, but tough Lul
Thanks for the add! I hope you speak good italian so you can download and read our book... otherwise we'll have to translate it. Anyway... cheers!
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--R.J.
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