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Showing posts with label author. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

FREE Ebooks -- February 8th & 9th


Former Muslim Child Bride To Give Away FREE Copies Of Her Memoir, BENGALI GIRLS DON'T, February 8, 9

Yes, that's right. For two days only Bangladeshi Author L.A. Sherman's Memoir, Bengali Girls Don't, the true story of her forced marriage and her winning the visa lottery for America, will be FREE to anyone who has an Amazon account. Read it on your iphone, android, blackberry, Kindle, tablet (ipad, etc.), or computer. All that's needed is the free Kindle app. And since everything's FREE, you really don't have any excuse!

Kindle versions
Bengali Girls Don't (US)
Bengali Girls Don't (UK)
Bengali Girls Don't (Germany)
Bengali Girls Don't (Italy)
Bengali Girls Don't (Spain)
Bengali Girls Don't (France)

Bangladeshi Author L.A. Sherman

BENGALI GIRLS DON'T
A modern day Cinderella story about the author Luky and her incredible journey from her birth during Bangladesh's liberation war to the present. Her desperation to be a 'normal teenager' turned into a nightmare when she was betrayed by her parents and forced into an arranged marriage with an older man at age 15. My heart ached when I read what horrendous conditions she endured. Her descriptive writing had me visualizing everything she suffered through. I was amazed at Luky's strength and determination she used to survive each day in the hope of one day being home again. This is one story that will forever be etched in my mind and heart. --Maureen Ruehl

"Despite all the struggles she went through in life, she still managed out strong! My god, she metamorphosed into a fabulous individual."
-- Rajesh Unnithan

"Her story will break your heart and at the same time you'll be thankful for the life you've had."
-- Rick Willard

"Really shows the other side and view of things that many people take for granted."
-- Alamin Hahs, lawyers without borders

"You are in for a journey of emotions."
-- Heather Smith, freelance writer

"Would make a great movie."
-- Jlynn Evol

"The most courageous women in the world!"
-- James Faulk

And if anyone has any questions, let me know. :)
lukyshermangmail.com
Bengali Girls Don't (US)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
L.A. Sherman grew up in Bradford, England in a strict Muslim family where she learned how to sneak out of the house without making the door creak. At the age of fifteen, she was tricked into going to Bangladesh by her parents and forced to marry a man as old as her father. After four years there with a wicked mother-in-law, she won the visa lottery for America and moved to the Big Apple. Now hard at work on her second book, she lives in Tampa, Florida with her family near a pond full of gators and spends her time doing all the things that Bengali girls don’t.


Monday, February 6, 2012

The Bucket List

The Bucket List

You remember the movie, The Bucket List, where Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson don't have much time to live, and so they create a "bucket list" -- a list of things they'd like to do/accomplish before they die. You might have your own bucket list lying at home somewhere, tucked safely in your underwear drawer, or maybe even hidden away in one of your favorite books. You might even have things on it like "skydiving out of an airplane naked while eating celery sticks and peanut butter dipped in bleu cheese," or "riding a bike in a tutu in the rain while flipping pancakes and singing three blind mice." Mine says "to pee standing up while not getting my legs wet."

I'm kidding.

Anyway, over in Montana. One guy's list of things to do before he dies included "high speed police chase with cops."

No lie.

Can you believe it? And to top it all off he wasn't even drinking or guilty of any crime. "I just always wanted to do that," the man said, according to the police reports. He also said he was having a bad (probably hair) day and wanted to go for a drive.

I wonder if his list also included "getting felt up by a big biker dude in jail named Bertha"?


L.A. Sherman is the author of Bengali Girls Don't, the true story of her forced marriage and her winning the visa lottery for America.


Friday, February 3, 2012

Single People Are From Mars, Married People Are From Venus



After much scientific study, we've come to the conclusion that the first image should be labeled "This Is Your Brain," while the second image should be classified as "This Is Your Brain On Drugs."


Thursday, February 2, 2012

Don't Mess With Bruce

So what if you can do 1, 2, 3, or 4 things better than sombody else. That doesn't make you better than them. So what if you can dunk a basketball over Bruce Lee, the basketball going through the hoop, the basketball hitting Bruce Lee's face, Bruce Lee slamming into the floor and your fat ass landing on top of him, crushing him against a cameraman. Who cares that you just b-otched Bruce Lee in the red paint in front of thousands and thousands, and on the telly no less. Does that make you better than him? Hell no it doesn't!! Try messing with him and his family in an awful manner, or picking a fight with him in a steel cage match. Then we'll see what happens. He'll karate chop your crying place to siberia and send your butt cheeks packing to your mamma's.

Of course, that scenario all depends on it happening before July 20, 1973, because that's the day Bruce Lee passed away, effectively guaranteeing that he wouldn't kung fu your ass to smithereens. But anyway, you get the picture. Just because you can do a few things better than someone else doesn't mean they can't woop your fanny.

You slamming it down on Bruce Lee's gobhole.

Bruce Lee opening a can of whoop ass.

So the moral of the story is... Don't mess around with Bruce. Hell, If I were you I wouldn't even mess around with anyone named Bruce, and that includes Bruce Springsteen (after all, he has bandmates with large instruments), Bruce Almighty (i.e. the part-time God), or Bruce Willis (unless you wanna hear that yippie-kai-ay Mo-Fo line after he just tore you a new A-hole and sent you to the guy with red horns and tail. Oh, and let's not forget Bruce Wayne. Unless you like being tackled by a guy who plays dress up.

And if I've forgotten any Bruces, real or imaginary, let me know.

L.A. Sherman is the author of Bengali Girls Don't

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Child Bride Wins Visa Lottery For America. Escapes Arranged Marriage.




CHILD BRIDE WINS VISA LOTTERY FOR AMERICA.
ESCAPES HER FORCED MARRIAGE & BECOMES A SUPERMODEL.




By L.A. SHERMAN

"Bengali Girls Don't" is the uncensored story of the author's life, from being born in a small village in Bangladesh, surviving Bangladesh's liberation war, to winning the visa lottery for America after a forced marriage at 15. Luky's story is a visceral look at what Bengali life was like her, and it doesn't shy away from the terrors of genocide, the atrocities that people commit against each other, and the horror of living a life not of your own choosing.
It's an unforgettable story about heartache and irony. About broken dreams. And how the life we choose is not always the life that chooses us.
"It's like 'The Namesake' on steroids," Sherman says. "Or Cinderella in reverse."
Get your copy today for 99 cents!





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