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My TBR list: novels on Islamic world
Started Feb 14
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
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- I am...
- Reader, Librarian, Reviewer
- Favorite Books:
- Sophie's Choice, Lavinia, The Killer Angels, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol, Canaan, People of the Book, Mudbound, Devil in the White City, The Grapes of Wrath, On Agate Hill, All Aunt Hagar's Children, much of Bill Bryson's work.
- Favorite Genres
- literary fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction on science, politics, the environment
- In my spare time, if I'm not reading, I'm:
- blogging on gather, gardening
- About Me:
- I'm not heading leaving the country if the right wing wins the White House. It's time for them to think a bout leaving.
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com