Once Upon A Lie
by Michael
French
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GENRE: Fiction / Murder Mystery
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BLURB:
Once Upon a Lie is about a smart, ambitious
sixteen year old, Alexandra, who chooses to keep silent when she learns
terrible secrets about both her father and her mother, whom she grew up
adoring. The price of keeping her "perfect" family together soon unravels
her well-planned future, and puts in jeopardy the life of a young stranger whom
she befriends and ultimately falls in love with. We learn how your life
can end at any time, and it can end more than once. And then it can be
saved.
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EXCERPT:
Jaleel began to wonder if running away was the
smartest thing. Detective Patterson might have forensic evidence, but he
couldn’t have any real proof that Jaleel had killed his father. But what Texas
jury would believe the story of a twelve-year-old black kid?
Come on, focus, Jaleel thought as he studied a map
from the glove box. His plan was to travel northwest, cross into New Mexico,
and ditch the Chevy. He would take a bus to Arizona or California. He would find a place to live, get a job,
and go to school. He just hadn’t figured out the details. Maybe he’d have to
lie about his age to get work. How expensive were apartments? He had never been
completely on his own. He hoped that inside him was a gyroscope, the kind he
had read about, with an interior spinning wheel to keep him steady.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Michael R. French graduated from Stanford
University where he was an English major, focusing on creative writing, and
studied under Wallace Stegner. He
received a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He later served in the United States Army
before marrying Patricia Goodkind, an educator and entrepreneur, and starting a
family. In addition to publishing over
twenty titles, including award-winning young adult fiction, adult fiction,
biographies ad self-help books, he has written or co-written a half-dozen
screenplays, including Intersection, which has won awards in over twenty film
festivals. He has also had a long
business career in real estate, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His passions include travel, collecting rare
books, and hanging with friends and family.
He describes his worst traits as impatience and saying "no"
too quickly; his best are curiosity, taking risks, and learning from
failure.
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Michael French Website:
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during the tour. Use the link below to enter.
Thank you for hosting Once Upon A Lie, I greatly appreciate it.
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