META STRAUSS : April 2016

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Sonoma Book Club Introduces Saving El Chico

It was a pleasure to meet with a Sonoma book club to introduce Saving El Chico. The setting was in a beautiful Sonoma farm house with a group of brilliant women who read and then talk about that month's selection which this time was MY NOVEL. (WOW - surreal) The discussion included opinions about the characters, the town, but most importantly, the drought situation throughout the U.S.
After the discourse we enjoyed an over-the-top dinner of Texas Caesar Salad, King Ranch Chicken, Barbecued Ribs ..... and Sonoma wines - of course.... with a centerpiece of boot filled yellow roses. The evening was topped off with live western music.
What a way to introduce Saving El Chico!

ABOUT META

Meta Strauss moved from her life-long home, Houston, Texas in 2005 to northern California. She lives in the heart of wine country where the scenery, weather and people are so perfect locals don't like to brag for fear the entire world will move to Sonoma and spoil the small town atmosphere. Meta joins the long list of artists, writers, film-makers, chefs, gardeners and philosophers who live in the Valley of the Moon, fertile ground for growing in creativity and contentment.

Meta's writing is often published in the Sonoma Sun's Fine Art Section. Her work appears in the anthology Cry of the Nightbird and a memoir of family tales, Stories for Emma, is available on Amazon.

Meta's first novel, Saving El Chico was released in January, 2016, available on Amazon, Kindle and at local book stores.

From the owners of Ed’s Salvage Yard and Golf Course to the Be Lovely Boutique, citizens of the small west Texas town of El Chico band together in order to survive and flourish in the twenty-first century. A devastating drought appears to be the final blow to the community and Bea McPherson’s Circle McP Ranch. Taking advantage of the situation, a fast-talking Dallas businessman joins with the local mayor to swindle the residents. They don't count on the unwavering devotion to the land and shrewdness of the female rancher aided by Jake, a cowboy who was born a hundred years too late, and Silver Crow, the Great-Grandson of Quanah Parker, noble chief of the Comanche nation.