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Once Upon a Time in Sacramento
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 8 2024
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Once Upon a Time in Sacramento follows Aldo Williams and his three childhood friends (Max, Sean, Erv) as they navigate loyalty, loss, and survival in a city that rarely makes headlines but shapes lives all the same. Set against the backdrop of Sacramento, California in the early 2010s-an era of iPhones, dating apps, pickup basketball, and backroad parties-the story captures the slow, invisible but seismic shift from youth to adulthood.
As the years wear on, dreams are tested, bonds are strained, and a single weekend in 2016 forces Aldo, Sean, Max, and Erv to confront the people they've become-and the city that raised them.
Rooted in nostalgia, mental health, and the determination for something more, Once Upon a Time in Sacramento blends slice-of-life realism with flashes of myth, drawing inspiration from films like Mid90s, Boyz n the Hood, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A story about friendship, survival, and the defining moments that hit hardest when you least expect them-leading to a night that will test everything they know about themselves, and ultimately reveal how strong their brotherhood truly is.
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