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Caitlin Avery

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I'm currently looking for feedback for The Last Cruz. It's complete, but I've only uploaded the first section. Please don't pull any punches, I'm not easily offended and need all the help I can get.

"Lightning in my Wires," is complete, at 75,000 words.
If you would like to read the book in it's entirety, please follow the link below to the Kindle store, where you can download it for just $2.99 (USD).

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Poisonwood Bible, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

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http://www.caitlinavery.com     http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-in-my-Wires-ebook/

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The Last Cruz

Caitlin Avery

A tale of three women, riding motorcycles down Baja, on a vacation gone horribly wrong.


Up-and-coming ingénue, Catrina Lang, wants to fine-tune her craft and master the art of motocross, in preparation for the movie role of a life time. She offers an all-paid vacation, with five star accommodations, to her sister--motocross phenom, Sissy Lang--in exchange for an extended riding lesson. Cat wants to reconnect with her younger sister. Sissy wants to make the most of this cruise of a lifetime. And tag-a-long Reyna, invited last minute by Sis, has serious ulterior motives.

As the women wind their way, on and off road, across the deserts of Baja, their lives are enriched, and then at risk. Camaraderie has its benefits--and its cross to bear--when it comes to survival of the fittest.

 

Lightning in my Wires

Caitlin Avery

One woman's search for self and love in the city of lost souls


Avery lives in La La Land with a boyfriend who’s totally loaded. Their bond is made strong by a passion for escapism. He pops pills and inhales cocaine, teetering between manic and despondent. She numbs her pain with Mary Jane and exorcisms that combine vodka and razor blades. When her deviance becomes more than her man can handle, he boots her out of his mansion and revokes her ticket to ride out life in oblivion.

So she bungees a box of Fed Ex’d memories from her mom to her motorbike, stuffs her cats in a knapsack, and turns her back on the days of dizzy living.

With the pain of the lush life lodged in her veins, and ruminations from the box, Avery sets out on a path to calm the “lightning” in her wires – a journey that’s about learning from her mistakes, and learning how to accept herself entirely – one that will ultimately change her life forever.

Lightning in my Wires, explores a young woman’s effort to change her perception, on a trek that doesn’t take a trip around the world.

* manuscript is complete at approx. 75,000 words

 

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I wrote 17 days ago
I wrote 17 days ago

I've read the first chapter so far, and want to leave my first impression before I read on. This is a heartbreaking story, as the mother of a son, and a former teenager, I can feel your pain, and wish I could reach inside the story and smack those arrogant SOB's who tortured you. This is extremely t... view book

I wrote 21 days ago

I read the first 2 chapters and am pleasantly impressed. I don't read sci-fi, or enjoy any of the popular movies that deal with this type of genre, but I could imagine reading this book in it's entirety. The writing is great, and I thought you snuck the backstory in seamlessly. I have absolutely no ... view book

I wrote 22 days ago

Wow, this is powerful stuff. As the mother of a young child, I grimace at the propects of raising a son in such brutal circumstance. I love your use of language though, and am becoming a fan of this genre after a couple of great reads here on authonomy. Based on the little I've read, I give this 6 s... view book

I wrote 22 days ago

Wow, this is powerful stuff. As the mother of a young child, I grimace at the propects of raising a son in such brutal circumstance. I love your use of language though, and am becoming a fan of this genre after a couple of great reads here on authonomy. Based on the little I've read, I give this 6 s... view book

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