In the great tradition of Forrest Gump, Eddie Ocean is an ordinary young man whose extraordinary zest for life makes waves for everyone around him. Street Life in Paradise is the second book in the Eddie Ocean Series and begins with Eddie attempting to reunite a lost dog named Hobo with his young master Luca. After a disaster at sea, the pair find themselves destitute and homeless living on the streets of Miami in the year 1974. Join Eddie and a zany cast of misfits as they find adventure, romance and use humor to survive the hard-knocks of life on skid-row. This book will keep you intermittently laughing and cheering, and despite the book's sizable length, you'll be nothing but sorry it's over when you come to the final page. (Hint: The author assures me he's working on a sequel even as I write this. And I can't wait to read it!) There's a bit of the bawdy in this book but nothing explicit. Don't gift it to your Great-Aunt Maude...but do give copies to your fun-loving friends. Just don't share your own copy, or you may never get it back. Cynthia MacGregor, author of over 100 books.