Having earned the governor's trust, Juan is given a special assignment: protect the governor's wife and son. But the governor's wife is beautiful and seductive, and Juan cannot resist the temptation. Their illicit affair could cost Juan his soul, and finding redemption may cost him his life. Suggested For Mature Readers.
This sensitive and compelling narrative is based on true stories of former child soldiers interviewed by the author. Son of a Gun also includes a section of notes and further information about Liberia.
. . . In his understated, eloquent way, St. Germain makes you feel the heat, taste the dust, see those shimmering streets. By the end of the book, you know his mother, even though you never met her.
Lewis Grizzard always makes us laugh.
Instead, they reach a compromise: we'll get hamburgers, but at McDonald's, which will be faster. They try to tell me how to get to the nearest McDonald's, and begin to argue over that. “I lived here for seven years,” I say.
" Son of a gun Meaning a rogue or scamp - ""you are naughty, you old son of a gun."" Also used, although this is uncommon outside the USA, as a euphemism for 'son of a bitch'. Some say that the origin is 'son of a military man'.
Son of a Gun
Son of a Gun
Amid a freak snowstorm, Texas rancher Damien Lambert made the unlikeliest find on his Bent Pine Ranch—a bloodied woman and her infant daughter in hiding.
A modern-day spiritual western by the same creative team behind "The White Lama."
His father had shown him how to use the huge matchlock gun, an old Spanish gun that was twice as long as he was, but would Edward be able to handle it if trouble actually came?