"Drink One To Me Christian Bennett" is the fourth novel by Vicki Allen.
This weekend, the 2009 Southern Festival of Books—a three-day literary festival held in each October—will take in downtown Nashville.
The event attracts authors from around the country including Southern author, Vicki Allen. Allen, a practicing pharmacist is currently on a four-state book tour to promote her fourth novel, “Drink One To Me, Christian Bennett,” the story of young American journalist who travels to Mexico with her brother:
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Born youngest of four children into a large family of old money, American photographer Abigail Christensen entered a world already expecting great things of her, and spent her entire life trying to conform, striving to please a family she knew she never could.
Finally breaking free of stifling conventionality, she travels with her brother to Mexico, drifting from province to province as she captures photographs for an upcoming exhibit, wishing she had settled for the monotony of her previous lifestyle when she attracts the attention of legendary drug lord, Esai Molinero.
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What others are saying about Vicki Allen and “Drink One To Me, Christian Bennett”:
New Orleans Magazine says: “Drink One To Me, Christian Bennett…is a real cautionary tale as to why you should never accept a cocktail from a stranger at a foreign bar. You might end up the kidnapped, knocked-up bride of a Mexican drug cartel leader….The story is alternately entertaining and infuriating, and definitely creepy but it does keep the reader interested in finding out what happens next.”
Alexandria Town Talk says: “The book follows unsatisfied American photographer Abigail Christensen, who longs to find her way outside the expectations of her wealthy family. She travels with her brother to Mexico to find adventure in the images she captures for an upcoming exhibition.”
The Festival takes place Oct. 9-11, at the War Memorial Plaza in downtown Nashville (located between Charlotte and Union and 6th and 7th Avenues). Vicki Allen will be located at Booth 16.
For interviews with Vicki Allen, please contact Tracy Clement at (770) 401-8753 or TClement@RobinTracy.com. For additional media materials—including high-resolution photos and graphics—visit Magnolia Publishing’s online pressroom at http://www.magnoliapublishing.com/
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