The Ping-Pong Champion of Chinatown

GOLD MEDAL WINNER-GLOBAL BOOK AWARDSGOLD MEDAL WINNER-INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDSFINALIST-BOOK EXCELENCE AWARDS If you're reading my book I'm gonna consider you my friend. It ain't like you gotta meet me 'cause I'm kind of a bad influence but if you keep me at a distance you could probably be my friend. . 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.