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The Great Vegas Escape: A Memoir
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ISBN13: 9798269769882
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 26 2025
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 26 2025
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Since 2018, I've devoted myself to crafting highly realistic fiction novels. However, following my retirement from the entertainment industry and my decision to relocate from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Nashville, Tennessee, I encountered events that defied comprehension.
What began as a simple plan to close one chapter and begin another quickly unraveled into a surreal journey-one that demanded a memoir all its own.
What began as a simple plan to close one chapter and begin another quickly unraveled into a surreal journey-one that demanded a memoir all its own.
The Great Vegas Escape chronicles the bizarre, often bewildering series of events that accompanied my move from Sin City to Music City. At times humorous, at others mysterious and downright terrifying, this story explores the emotional and logistical chaos of uprooting a life deeply rooted in a city that doesn't let go easily.
It's been said that the hardest part of living in Las Vegas is leaving it. Some call it the Vegas curse. Others dismiss it as folklore. My personal experience may not settle the debate-but I can no longer call it mere conjecture.
This first-hand account marks my debut in nonfiction. And while the ordeal was frustrating, infuriating, and occasionally horrifying, I hope my faithful readers will find it, at the very least... entertaining.
- Riano D. McFarland
It's been said that the hardest part of living in Las Vegas is leaving it. Some call it the Vegas curse. Others dismiss it as folklore. My personal experience may not settle the debate-but I can no longer call it mere conjecture.
This first-hand account marks my debut in nonfiction. And while the ordeal was frustrating, infuriating, and occasionally horrifying, I hope my faithful readers will find it, at the very least... entertaining.
- Riano D. McFarland
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