On the Side of the Road

Name: On the Side of the Road
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By LOUIS ROMANO and John Gojcaj

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Set in the early 1970s in the impoverished areas of Barranquilla, Colombia, this story follows a young mother who makes the heartbreaking decision to separate her twin sons. Dedicated to her faith and her remaining child, her life takes a dramatic turn as her son becomes entangled with the head of the Cali drug cartel and later catches the attention of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
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In the early 1970's in an impoverished section of Barranquilla, Columbia a young mother is forced to separate her twin baby boys. She devotes her life to her religion and her remaining son. Circumstances brings her son into the clutches of the head of the Cali drug cartel and eventually onto the radar of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.

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In the early 1970s, in an impoverished section of Barranquilla, Columbia, a young mother is forced to separate her twin baby boys. She devotes her life to her religion and her remaining son.

Circumstances bring her son into the clutches of the head of the Cali drug cartel and eventually onto the radar of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.

On the Side of the Road by Louis Romano and John Gojcaj is a gripping narrative of survival, devotion, and the dark underworld of drugs and crime. This compelling story is as much about a mother's sacrifice as it is about her son's tumultuous encounters with crime and redemption.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781944906405

Publisher: Vecchia Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Vecchia Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 158.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 730g

Pages: 342

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction John Gojcaj LOUIS ROMANO

About the Author

Louis Romano entered the literary world at age 58. Romano has published twenty novels. His best-selling book BESA has been translated into Albanian. INTERCESSION and CARUSI: The Shame of Sicily are among his best known work.John Gojcaj is of Albanian decent and was born in Skorraqi, Montenegro. He lived much of his life in Detroit, Michigan where he finished his college education. He's lived in New York for the past thirty-eight years where he has enjoyed a career in engineering and construction. Gojcaj appeared in several New York magazines doing promotional work for Disney. Acting is one of his passions. Gojcaj lives with his growing family in Rockland County, New York. This is his first novel.

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