Rita D’Orazio’s Don’t Look Back is a story that will make you laugh and make you cry. You instantly like and feel for Katerina, she has so much personality and is such an emotionally strong girl, which she needs in her dysfunctional family. Katerina is the youngest of three. Her sister, Simona and her brother Tony are in their teens. Katerina idolizes her Papa and is very close to her Aunt Adrianna, who sounds like someone you would really want to know. Her mother has frequent mood swings, and Katerina is the target when they happen. Simona falls in love with the boy who lives upstairs, but since the family is not Italian, her mother has a meltdown and kicks the family out.
The mother introduces Simona to Mario in hopes that they will get married. The priest and Mario’s father says things will go very well for their family if Simona marries Mario, who is gay. Then Katerina and her mother have to fly to Italy due to a death in the family and everyone says that Katerina looks like she is Cosmo Balducci’s daughter. She asks her mother who that is and her mother claims not to know him. When Katerina and her Papa go to California to see Simona, her father goes to see his cousin. That is when things turn really bad. Buy Don’t Look Back and find out what secrets are hidden in the family closet. This is a great story that will keep you on the edge of your seat page after page. I highly recommend this book! Happy reading!!
Don’t Look Back is available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Look-Back-Rita-DOrazio-ebook/dp/B00AAOD8ZA/
Katerina is the sequel to Don’t Look Back by Rita D’Orazio. This book will captivate your interest until the very last page. It opens with Katerina and her grown daughter Valentina at the 50th anniversary concert of her beloved, favorite band, the Beach Boys. Then she goes on to tell the years leading up the this moment. She finds out her Papa is not her biological father. Her mother does not want anything to do with her as if it were her fault. She and her Papa move to the apartment above theirs in the house they own. Her sister Simona goes to California to be with Barry after she recovers from trying to commit suicide and the miscarriage she has.
Katerina meets Stefano, the boy she knew from Italy, at an architecture convention in Las Vegas. She and Stefano get together and develop a relationship together. She becomes pregnant with Valentina and they get married. They have many years of happiness, then Stefano is diagnosed with testicular cancer. There are many things that are not brought to Katerina’s attention until after her husband has passed. Then secrets are revealed. Buy Katerina today and find out all the twists and turns that come her way. It will make you laugh and cry, and also cry tears of happiness. What a beautiful love story! I am sure you will enjoy this book as much as I have. Happy reading!
Katerina is available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Katerina-Rita-DOrazio/dp/1600479227/
The Adventures of Bruten and Tommy: The Secret of the Portals
What a fun story Brant Waldeck’s The Secret of the Portals is! It is the absolute perfect gift for kids ages 7 and up. The story is about two friends, Bruten and Tommy and Tommy’s Uncle Ron. Uncle Ron has been telling them stories of world’s in different dimensions for years. Then one day Uncle Ron has Branford a talking squirrel take Bruten and Tommy to the portals to see what kind of treasures they may contain. Uncle Ron has ulterior motives for what they may find in the world’s. Branford has lived with Uncle Ron for many years but came from Squirrel World, where all of the Squirrels talk just like humans. This would be a great book for kids to get lost in their imagination in Squirrel World, Minitopia, Stone World and more. Buy this today and sit with your child while you read this delightful story together. It has adventures and fun in every page. I absolutely adore this book. Happy reading!!
The Secret of the Portals is available online here: http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Portals-Adventures-Bruten-Tommy/dp/1480030562/
I, Mammal: Why your Brain Links Status and Happiness
Dr. Loretta Breuning’s popular science work I, Mammal is a very interesting and well researched book on how the brain links status with happiness and how the feel good chemicals in the brain play a part in it. The more status a person has achieved the more feel good chemicals are released and the happier the person is. The book compares the brains of humans and their happiness with the brains of other mammals and their happiness and survival. This book is perfect for someone who is interested in how our very complex brain works. Happy reading!
I, Mammal is available online here: http://www.amazon.com/Mammal-Brain-Links-Status-Happiness/dp/1941959008/