Pump Up Your Book Presents Breaking the Silence Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

496861_Personalized-Banner-Ad-with-ebook_L1 Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maria Nieto’s BREAKING THE SILENCE book blast June 15 – 26!

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PUYB Inside the Book

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Breaking the Silence Title: Breaking the Silence
Author: Maria Nieto
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 202
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Kindle/Paperback

On a sweltering summer day, the streets of Old Madrid that once resonated with the laughter of children playing are empty and silent. But inside the apartment buildings there is life as families faithfully wait for updates about an army uprising in Spanish Morocco. Before long, their greatest fears come true. As rebel troops storm Madrid and chaos fills the streets, six-year-old Mari wonders why she cannot go outside to play. Unfortunately, she has no idea she is about to be trapped inside the abyss of what is rapidly becoming a ruthless civil war. Already emotionally wounded by the absence of her mother, Mari attempts to go about her fear-filled days living with her father’s family, which includes a grandfather who lovingly teaches her about the history leading up to the conflict. As she embarks on a coming-of-age journey submerged in the darkness of war, Mari somehow stays alive despite the decisions of an intimidating, ruthless dictator, starvation, and brainwashing by the new Fascist regime. But when circumstances lead her to inadvertently commit the ultimate betrayal, Mari must face the horrifying consequences of her actions. Breaking the Silence shares the compelling tale of a little girl’s experiences as she attempts to survive amid the horror and death surrounding the Spanish Civil War.

 

PUYB Meet the Author

The author spent her childhood in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and the post war years that followed the war under a brutal dictatorship. As an adult, and after four years in the US Navy, Maria graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with degrees in nursing and nursing education followed by graduate and post graduate degrees in mental health education and counseling psychology. After teaching psychiatric nursing in Philadelphia, the author moved to New Mexico where she worked in mental health services for the Indian Health Service, and later worked for the University of New Mexico in the department of Emergency Psychiatry. Now retired, Maria still lives in New Mexico with her horse. 

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Maria is giving away a $25 Gift Card!

 

Terms & Conditions:
  • By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
  • One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive one $25 Gift Certificate to the e-retailer of your choice
  • This giveaway begins June 15 and ends on June 26.
  • Winners will be contacted via email on June 27.
  • Winner has 48 hours to reply.

Good luck everyone!

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PUYB Tour Schedule A

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June 15

Bent Over Bookwords

As the Page Turns

June 16

A Taste of My Mind

All Inclusive Retort

June 17

Inkslinger’s Opus

The Dark Phantom

June 18

I’m Shelf-ish

Blogher

June 19

As the Page Turns

Literarily Speaking

June 22

Read Between the Ink

It Feels Drafty

June 23

Fiction to Fruition

From Paperback to Leatherbound

June 24

The Literary Nook

Voodoo Princess

June 25

The Revolving Bookshelf

The Book Refuge

June 26

The Book Czar

Lover of Literature

 

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