Legend of the Lost Ass

Name: Legend of the Lost Ass
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Karen Winters Schwartz
ISBN: 9781094462981

Author: Karen Winters Schwartz

Narrator: Kenneth Fuentes

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scribd Audio

Published: 11/07/2023

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

I think we should take it through Guatemala. A random text from a stranger inspires agoraphobic Colin to leave New York. His first stop is Brownsville, Texas, where he meets the sender, half-Mayan Luci Bolon, her ancient but feisty great-uncle Ernesto, and Miss Mango, a bright-orange Kubota tractor. Ernesto’s dream is that Miss Mango be driven to Belize and given to the family he left behind nearly seventy years ago. Colin agrees to join Luci on the long journey through Central America. In 1949, seventeen-year-old Belizean Ernesto falls painfully in love with Michaela, an American redhead nearly twice his age. Their brief but intense affair changes everything Ernesto has ever known. When she leaves, Ernesto is devastated. Determined to find her, he “borrows” a donkey from his uncle and starts off for Texas. He meets a flamboyant fellow traveler, and the three of them—two young men and the donkey they name Bee—make their way to America. The past and present unfold through two journeys that traverse beautiful landscapes. Painful histories are soothed by new friendships and payments of old debts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom

The book was quirky, wacky, and most of the time, clever. Many of the characters are fun. If you remember that this is a novel some of the crazy incidents are easier to take. The plot was a bit of a slow mover. Bouncing between two timeframs was tedious. I recommend this book and I hope you will tak......more

Goodreads review by N.N.

Adventure writer Colin receives an inviting text from a woman he doesn’t know. I think we should take it through Guatemala. Curiosity gets the better of him and he decides to take a leap of faith and reply. Before he knows what’s happening, he’s meeting Luci and a bright orange tractor affectionatel......more

Goodreads review by Claire

“Legend of the Lost Ass” by Karen Winters Schwartz is a wickedly charming on-the-road adventure story with converging past and present plot lines and a host of beguiling characters. It is so well written and beautifully descriptive that even the orange tractor at the center of one of the story lines......more

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed

What an interesting tale! A bit of a rocky start but once invested it was impossible to set aside. There are two time-frames here, 1949 and 70 years later, in 2019. We see the modern world through the eyes of OCD agoraphobe Colin Mercer as he reaches for a new challenging step in his isolated world.......more