2024 Los Angeles Festival of Books (LATFOB) Book Signing: “Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver” by Charles Campise
In partnership with Author Reputation Press, Charles Campise, author of “Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver,” held a successful book signing event during the 2024 Los Angeles Festival of Books (LATFOB) at the University of Southern California.
The Los Angeles Times held its much-awaited annual Festival of Books on April 20–21, 2024. Take in captivating exhibits, book readings, musical performances, and much more! Book lovers will find this festival to be an absolute paradise.
The LATFOB is considered to be one of the world’s most significant literary gatherings. It has been held every year since 1996 with the goal of bringing together the people who create books and the people who love to read them. It is attended by more than 550 authors, celebrities, storytellers, and hundreds of exhibitors.
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Charles Campise was born in Houston, Texas. He is the grandson of immigrants from Poggio Reale, Sicily, who came to an Italian settlement near Bryan, Texas, in the late 1880s. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a double master’s covering educational psychology and social work. He has become fluent in Spanish through his own personal efforts at studying.
He retired from service in the foster care system in Texas in June 2014 after forty-four years. Then he began looking for something fun to do. He found an offer from a ride-sharing company on the fourth day of retirement, signed up, and was driving one week later.
“Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver” by Charles Campise is a collection of the author’s favorite experiences of driving passengers who use the ride-sharing mode of transportation. Stories are limited to his experiences in the region in and around Austin, Texas, and other communities in the central part of the state for more than three years, beginning in June 2014.
The book often mentions the stories he told his passengers about the history of the region. He shares some of his own life experiences and his personal connections with cities in America and elsewhere. He was sure to tell the funniest stories of the trips he has made to this date. He has some episodes about his most interesting passengers and his most famous ones.
The author has been a ride-sharing driver on more than seven thousand trips and has served more than twenty thousand passengers. He has driven for three different companies.
This narrative was reviewed and praised by Barbara Bamberger Scott of the US Review of Books, highlighting that “The episodes presented are brief, focused on generally short encounters with clients, many of whom left him positive reviews. He offers practical tips for anyone wanting to take up this form of employment: carry paper bags, a first aid kit, hand wipes, and some assorted candies to give to customers.”
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