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The Writer's Coffee Shop
September 2012
On Sale: September 14, 2012
Featuring: Joanna Lucas; Jeanie Archer; Suzette Lee
261 pages
ISBN: 1612131336
EAN: 9781612131337
Kindle: B009OMPMOY
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Thriller | Romance Suspense
On paper, Marcus, Texas, looks like any other small town
in Texas. Its landscape is charming, lifelong residents
have a shared history, and business is booming. But soon
after Joanna Lucas moves to town, she makes startling
discoveries. Her next door neighbor had her leg gnawed off
by a loose tiger, a beer–drinking emu lurks on her
property, and her real estate agent neglected to mention
that something in Marcus was making the residents very
sick. While Joanna ponders hiring illegal immigrants to
work on her newly acquired but dilapidated house, others
are wondering about Joanna. Is she the one? Could she be
the outsider they have been looking for to turn things
upside–down and reveal the ugly truth?
With such heavy topics as corporate greed, industrial
pollution, illegal immigrants, and corrupt politicians,
only the residents of Marcus could make Damaged Goods a
comedy. Prepare to cheer and laugh out loud as they fight
city hall! Erin Brokovich has nothing on these ladies!
When asked to describe how this book is different than
others, the honest assessment is:
I have NEVER seen a book in which a beer–swilling
emu befriends illegal/undocumented workers who help a
once–abused woman restore her home while she takes on
corporate greed and reveals why she put her bloody tampon
in the hand of a man while others ponder if urine from the
nose is okay or if they would be willing to sleep with Dick
Cheney. While grown women have breath–holding
contests, they also take on big–time lawyers despite
fire, threats, loss of wages and friends. Heavy topics such
as religion, politics and race are made funny as we also
read about a dead grandmother in the glove compartment and
a rumored leg–munching tiger on the loose.
These characters are so outrageous and so daring and so
funny that no other book can compare. When the book came to
a close, I was so sad to say 'goodbye.' These are women you
never, never want to let go.
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1 comment posted.
Re: Damaged Goods
Great review makes me want to run out and buy this book today.
(Sharon Salituro 11:03am May 27, 2013)
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