Tuesday, March 20, 2012

BOOK COVER REVEAL - THE EARTHQUAKE MACHINE by MARY PAULINE LOWRY

Published : Author House - September 2011 


The Earthquake Machine tells the story of 14 year-old Rhonda. On the outside, everything looks perfect in Rhonda's world but at home Rhonda has to deal with a manipulative father who keeps her mentally ill mother hooked on pharmaceuticals. The only reliable person in Rhonda's life is her family's Mexican yardman, Jess. But when the INS deports Jess back to his home state of Oaxaca, Rhonda is left alone with her increasingly painful family situation.

Determined to find her friend Jess, Rhonda seizes an opportunity to run away during a camping trip with friends. She swims to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande and makes her way to the border town of Boquillas, Mexico. There a peyote-addled bartender convinces her she won't be safe traveling alone into the country's interior. So with the bartender's help, Rhonda cuts her hair and assumes the identity of a Mexican boy named Angel. She then sets off on a burro across the desert to look for Jess.

Thus begins a wild adventure that explores the borders between the United States and Mexico, adolescence and adulthood, male and female, English and Spanish, and adult coming-of-age and Young Adult novels.

I have read some Goodreads reviews and this sounds like a book that has quite a few eye opening moments in it. I am quite intrigued to read this one.

Mary's Web Page

Original Cover

Michelle

2 comments:

  1. OOoooh, pretty cover, and it sounds COOOL!

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    1. Hey Sarah,

      I am quite intrigued by this author. We've exchanged a couple emails and she sounds interesting.

      Michelle

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