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    Black Suede Jacket
    Black Suede Jacket
    Black Suede Jacket
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    Black Suede Jacket

    By Julio Bonilla

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    MY FIRST TIME GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS. MY FIRST TIME WEARING A LUCKY JACKET. I NEED IT BACK!

    Monday morning. I wake up from my nap and look at time in the car- 2:30 a.m. - Black Suede Jacket.

    Then I snapped out of it and realized I had been waiting on 2 friends as if I was their chauffeur.
    It was at this point where I decided to drive home. I had lent Angela my favorite jacket and she had forgotten her pack of cigarettes in my car.
    I wondered when I would get my jacket back...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulio Bonilla
    Release dateOct 21, 2014
    ISBN9781310592645
    Black Suede Jacket
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    Julio Bonilla

    Julio Francisco Bonilla, Jr. graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Latino Studies (formerly known as Raza Studies) in January 2012 after nearly a decade of passing and failing classes due to undiagnosed ADD(Attention Deficit Disorder). While in college, he started off as a  Business major to his parents bidding. In 2007, he switched his major to Journalism until he eventually changed his major once more- Latino Studies. He was inspired to write short stories and poetry about his own life while taking Creative Writing Workshop. His poems dealt with bad memories of having to re-learn stuff after suffering a trauma at 4 ½. While finishing Black Suede Jacket, he thought of another story, Two Drinks At A Night’s Waltz. He self-published both stories in 2013 on Draft2digital. BSJ has been translated to Spanish, Italian, French, CantoneseThe following year, he translated his first story to Spanish in order to reach a wider audience. That same year, Two Drinks was released in print on CreateSpace. In 2015, Black Suede Jacket was made into an audiobook on ACX. He is currently writing a short story about his Senior Prom. Today, Julio works part-time as a houseman for a wealthy family in Pacific Heights, writes short stories, watches movies and reads self-help books.

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      Book preview

      Black Suede Jacket - Julio Bonilla

      BLACK SUEDE JACKET

      By

      Julio Bonilla

      CHAPTER 1: The Night is Young

      Sunday night. It’s past 9, and I’m on the phone with Angela. We are going out tonight to

      celebrate her 23rd birthday. We won’t be doing anything big. Just go to a restaurant have drinks,

      and then we’ll see what happens.

      Let’s go to North Beach and I’ll buy you a glass of water, Angela tells me over the phone.

      All right.

      Why would anyone drink a glass of water when celebrating a friend’s birthday?

      Angela tells me that her friend is coming with us.

      Cool.

      I hang up my Verizon Wireless cellular camera-phone and put it on my dresser, facing up.

      Time to get ready.

      I put on my green Tommy Hilfiger dress shirt I was given in 2001 as a high school graduation present. That shirt really brings out my hazel green eyes. I also put on black

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