{"id":1777,"date":"2025-11-13T20:14:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:59:11","slug":"dusty-road-a-second-chance-by-george-pintar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/dusty-road-a-second-chance-by-george-pintar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusty Road\u2014A Second Chance by George Pintar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Catch George Pintar’s newest book, Dusty Road\u2014A Second Chance<\/em>, now available on Amazon<\/a>. Here’s a synopsis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the quiet flatlands of rural Illinois, memories cling like the dust that settles on forgotten roads. Chile Charlie, Slaphappy Joe Smith, and Alice embark on a mysterious excursion that has unanswered questions\u2014and a heart still divided between regret and hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their search for the truth about Grandpa Tom\u2019s disappearance stirs more than old secrets. As fragments of the past surface\u2014a letter, a promise, a betrayal\u2014they must decide whether forgiveness is a destination or the journey itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the way, familiar faces and new revelations force them to face the life left behind and the legacy still carried. On this winding, timeworn road, redemption waits where you least expect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tender, emotional story of loss, truth, and renewal, Dusty Road\u2014A Second Chance<\/em> reminds us that even the roughest roads can lead to grace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catch George Pintar’s newest book, Dusty Road\u2014A Second Chance, now available on Amazon. Here’s a synopsis: In the quiet flatlands of rural Illinois, memories cling like the dust that settles on forgotten roads. Chile Charlie, Slaphappy Joe Smith, and Alice embark on a mysterious excursion that has unanswered questions\u2014and a heart still divided between regret…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,90,32],"tags":[35,109,40],"class_list":["post-1777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-release","category-members","category-writers","tag-book-release","tag-chile-charlie","tag-george-pintar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdvZx1-sF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1783,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}