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    Gwendolyn Zepeda: Book Launch Party!

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    Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore

    January 28, 2010

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    Brazos Bookstore is pleased to present author Gwendolyn Zepeda and a Book Launch Party! Come celebrate at the first reading/signing for Houstonian Gwendolyn Zepeda's second novel, Lone Star Legend

    PARADISE LOST.  If she can find the time, Sandy Saavedra will stop to breathe. New management has turned work upside down and her father's upcoming marriage-something he forgot to mention to Sandy-means there's no peace at home, either. But it's okay. No matter what's thrown her way, Sandy can deal. Because Sandy has a secret, and his name is Ti­o Jaime.

    A short drive out of Austin delivers Sandy into the wide-open spaces of the Hill Country, to the front porch of grandfatherly hermit Ti­o Jaime. There, in the company of pepper plants, a shaggy dog, and fresh squeezed lemonade, the old man imparts down-to-earth advice. Overbearing boss? Work smarter; she'll leave you alone. Disrespectful boyfriend? Pack your bags; a real woman tolerates only a real man. His simple perspective reminds Sandy she can make her own choices-something she's been forgetting lately.

    Feeling inspired, Sandy posts their chats online. But as she introduces the world to her personal Eden, her own life heads straight to hell . . .

    Praise for Lone Star Legend: "Fresh and smart." -Booklist "

    Zepeda (Houston, We Have a Problema) gives readers a funny and smart heroine that readers will easily pull for." -Publishers Weekly

    "Zepeda is a master wordsmith." -Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club

    Gwendolyn Zepeda lives in Houston, Texas. Her blog GwenWorld.com and her first book To The Last Man I Slept With and All the Jerks Like Him have been mentioned in the NY Post and Seattle Post. Zepeda is a member of Nuestra Palabra, which hosts Houston's Latino Book and Family Fesitval, the largest book festival in Texas.


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        Brazos Bookstore

        2421 Bissonnet
        Houston, TX 77005

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        January 28, 2010

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        7:00 PM

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