EVER SINCE EVE

Jett a recently transferredBorder Patrol Agent to the Texas Rio Grande Valley isscheduled to go on a quail hunting trip with Jimmy and Italo.   While Jett and Leo his rotundedlyobese friend are enjoying a Mexican barbecue breakfast taco at Conchita's Cafe Leo paints a very unfavorable picture of Italo whom he depicts as a 'weird snake lover''unpredictable' and to Jett's startling surprise a 'hater ofBorder Patrolmen.'Even though Jimmy drops out ofthe quail hunt at the last moment he convinces a somewhat reluctant Jett to gohunting with Italo anyway. To his regret Jett findshimself captured in the company of someone who supposedly hates Border Patrolmen and (in Jett's view) in avery strange land. His encounter with a Texas Diamondback Rattlesnake is(to him) horrifying but in the end he ispleasantly surprised.'Ever Since Eve' willpull you into Italo's world as a kid as a teenagerand as young adult. His various encounters with snakes will make you laugh outloud. 'Ever Since Eve' is a fun book that willexcite you and entertain you and whether you like snakes or not it will educate you about snakesalong the way.