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Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co. [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
eBook by Maria Amparo Escandon
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eBook Category: Mainstream
eBook Description:  Serving a sentence in a prison in Mexico, Libertad Gonzalez finds a clever way to pass the time with the weekly Library Club, reading to her fellow inmates from whatever books she can find in the prison’s meager supply. The story that emerges, though, has nothing to do with the words printed on the pages. She tells of a former literature professor and fugitive of the Mexican government who reinvents himself as a trucker in the United States. There he falls in love with a wild woman with whom he shares his truck and his life--that is until Joaquin Gonzalez unexpectedly finds himself alone on the road with a baby girl and Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co. is born. Joaquin and his daughter make the cab of an 18-wheeler their home, sharing everything--adventures, books, truck-stop chow, and memories of the girl’s mother--until one day the girl grows into a woman, and a chance encounter with one man causes her to rebel against another. With her stories, Libertad enthralls a group of female prisoners every bit as eccentric as the tales she tells. In Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co., bestselling author Maria Amparo Escandon seamlessly blends together these elements into one compelling and unexpected conclusion that will have you cheering for Libertad and filled with joy.
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./Three Rivers Press
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2005
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Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7 - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT (248 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT (453 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT (198 KB], SECURE ADOBE READER 7 FORMAT (1.3 MB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [451 KB]
Secure Adobe Reader 7: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN, Adobe Acrobat Reader ISBN, MobiPocket Reader ISBN: 9780307336996
eReader (recommended) ISBN: 0307336999
 
"A warm and ingenious novel that delights from start to finish." -- Alexander Payne, Screenwriter and Director of Sideways
"1,001 nights in a Mexicali women’s prison...González and Daughter Trucking Co. is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding." -- John Sayles, Screenwriter and Director "Escandón has delivered us yet another work of art. . . A whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery that explores the love and hurt of a father and daughter on the run." -- Jorge Ramos, News Anchor for Univision and Bestselling Author "An ingenious retelling of Scheherazade’s odyssey—but on wheels." -- Ilan Stavans, author of Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language
Chapter 1 Bringing back to life all the people I killed is the one wish at the top of my list." Had she said those words aloud? Libertad sat up and looked around to check if anyone had heard her. Maciza, dozing a few feet away, had trained her ears to listen for rats tiptoeing around their prison cell. She easily heard Libertad's impossible wish. "So, who did you kill?" "It's none of your business." "Did you kill anyone?" Libertad couldn't get herself to confess anything. She opened her journal and in the darkness searched for her pen between the folds of her blanket. A cellmate in the far corner snored. Someone in one of the upper bunks yelled, "Shut up!" With so many women sleeping in such a small cell, it was hard to tell where one body ended and another began, making it difficult to identify oneself as an individual. "I don't think you killed anyone, Libertad. I think you want me to believe that just to impress me. Were you pushing chocolate in Tijuana?" "Chocolate?" "Mud, tootsie roll, heroin. Maybe you kidnapped some rich bastard. C'mon, Libertad, give me some trust. You've been in this shit hole for almost a year. It's time to share." "I said it's none of your business." "Were you hanging with one of those narcos, or was it fraud? Or a scam? I bet it was one of those educated people's felonies." "I'm not going to talk about it." "At least tell me what the hell you're doing locked up in a Mexican prison. Your government should be trying to get you out of here. Isn't that what Americans do in their movies?" "Just drop it, will you? I'm not digging around to find out why you're here." "That's because you already know." "All I know is that you killed your husband. It's no secret. You've told everyone." "Yeah, that's right. But why I did it is what I don't discuss with just anyone. Only with someone I know will understand. That means you, and no one else in this goddamn hen pen." "All right, why did you do it?" "I did it for love." Libertad wished she were as certain as Maciza was about why she had made her own mistakes. But her memories were in disarray. She needed to do some serious mental housekeeping. Copyright © 2005 by María Amparo Escandón
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