Evita and Me by Erika Rummel
Publisher: DX Varos Publishing (May 24, 2022)
Category: Historical Fiction, Crime, Women’s Literature
Tour Dates June 21-July 22, 2022
ISBN: 978-1955065320
Available in Print and ebook, 384 pages
Description Evita and Me by Erika Rummel
Evita Peron’s jewels are missing. Only three people know that they are in a vault in the Swiss Alps; Evita’s corrupt and brutal brother Juan, her bodyguard Pierre, and a teenaged girl Mona, her newest protegee. What happens if two of them team up?
Like Eva herself, Mona comes from a broken family and has to make her own way. Perhaps that’s why the two women feel close. Evita is at the pinnacle of success but already in the grip of a fatal illness. We see her life through the eyes of Mona and Pierre, two people she trusts — and who betray her in the end. Or can theft and murder be justified?
A story of love, adventure, and murder.
Review Evita and Me by Erika Rummel
Guest Review by Laura
In the life of Mona Ford, one memorable trip stands
tall above all others. At the age of sixteen, Mona is asked to visit a family
friend, a woman named Liliana, in Argentina. Reluctant to go, Mona finally
agrees in order to get away from her own mother. The rich culture and even
richer foods of the country charm Mona, but an introduction to one famous
figure changes her life forever.
Evita Peron, the president's wife, is introduced to
Mona by Liliana, and Mona finds herself instantly enamored with the incredible
woman. Following Evita on a political tour in Europe, Mona is soon asked by the
woman to accomplish a secret task. Evita wishes for Mona to take her most
precious jewels to a vault in Switzerland, and be one of only three people to
accept a key to the vault.
Unsure of why she is being asked to do this, Mona
nonetheless complies, keeping the woman's secret until after she discovers that
Evita has died several years later. Will Mona reveal the location of the jewels
that the press now thinks are missing? You have to read the book to find out--
and you definitely should!
'Evita and Me,' is as captivating as it is strangely
intimate. Erika Rummel writes the world of 1940's Buenos Aires with a deeply
compelling atmosphere. I can tell that she did a lot of research for this
novel, but she doesn't drown the reader in historical details the way some
authors do. There is just enough factual information in this novel to make the
narrative plot sparkle, and this is a great example of Rummel's talent for
historical fiction.
A truly mesmerizing look at one of history's most beloved female figures, 'Evita and Me,' is a five-star read in an unassuming package!
About Erika Rummel
Award winning author, Erika Rummel is the author of more than a dozen non-fiction books and seven novels. Her seventh novel, ‘Evita and Me’ is being published on May 24, 2022.
She won the Random House Creative Writing Award (2011) for a chapter from ‘The Effects of Isolation on the Brain’ and The Colorado Independent Publishers’ Association’ Award for Best Historical Novel, in 2018. She is the recipient of a Getty Fellowship and the Killam Award.
Erika grew up in Vienna, emigrated to Canada and obtained a PhD from the University of Toronto. She taught at Wilfrid Laurier and U of Toronto. She divides her time between Toronto and Los Angeles and has lived in Argentina, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Erika’s Website: http://www.erikarummel.com/
Erika’s Blog: http://rummelsincrediblestories.blogspot.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/historycracks
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