The Ping-Pong Champion of Chinatown
by James Hanna
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Pub Date Apr 15 2021 | Archive Date Aug 28 2021
Sand Hill Review Press, LLC | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Buffeted by this cheery outlook, Gertie McDowell, a naïve young girl from Turkey Roost, Kentucky, pens her diary—a series of bizarre misadventures that take her from starring on a foot fetish site in Los Angeles to hustling bets as a mechanical bull rider in Texas. From serving a stint in West Virginia’s Alderson Prison, because she “trusted the wrong kind of fella,” to getting sold into white slavery. But perhaps her crowning mishap is seeking the ping-pong championship of San Francisco’s Chinatown—all while hiding out in the Witness Protection Program. A zany yet tender book that will have you laughing out loud.
A Note From the Publisher
Cover photo by Shutterstock
ISBN: 9781949534269
Cover photo by Shutterstock
ISBN: 9781949534269
Advance Praise
“Gertie McDowell belongs in the top list of first-person narrators along with Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield … So congratulations author Hanna. You gave us more laughs than a bucketful of minnows.”
– Jon Michael Miller, Readers’ Favorite Awards
“The Ping-Pong Champion of Chinatown is wildly entertaining. In fact, I read it in one sitting. Gertie’s southern hick charm comes right across in James Hanna’s writing as if she were sitting right next to you telling you her story.”
– Kristi Elizabeth, Manhattan Book Reviews
“Gertie is very relatable; she is organic, has a distinct personality,and her accounts are captivating… This book is hilareous and, more often than not, I couldn’t help chuckling.”
– Online Book Club
“If you ever watched the movies Calamity Jane or Annie Get Your Gun, two of my all-time favorites, you’ll know that Gertie belongs up on the big screen with them. What a character!”
– Viga Boland, Readers’ Favorite Awards
“I adored the expressive metaphors, such as ‘I was dumber than broccoli’ or ‘My heart hopped like a duck on a Junebug’.”
– Online Book Club
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781949534184 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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