Buried Onions Audiobook (Free)

You are able to pray and sometimes God listens, says 19-year-old Eddie. ‘Other times he’s a long way away in India or Africa or maybe close to home in Fresno, his body sprawled on to the floor, glass all around due to a drive-by.’ All Eddie desires is to discover a way out from the harmful lifestyle he’s living, where his close friends are lost in an environment of drugs and violence. Actually his aunt wants to give him a weapon so he can avenge the loss of life of her boy. But no matter how hard he functions, Eddie can’t seem to pull himself away from the sweltering sadness of the town. It’s as if giant onions had been buried beneath him, Eddie considers, releasing shimmering vapors off the dark asphalt all around. Gary Soto, the award-winning author of Jesse, presents a tough, relentless look at a lifestyle spiraling out of control. Narrator Robert Ramirez voices all of the grim failure of the American dream.