The Sign
by Carl Maronich
(Full-length) In the late fall of 1963, Austin, Texas diner owner Ernesto Rodriguez has been able to arrange a special visitor for his struggling business, President John F. Kennedy
To capitalize on the photo opportunity, and despite the objections of his wife, Ernesto goes into debt with a notorious loan shark to buy a big, beautiful neon sign, to light the way to the All-American Diner. It’s a debt he knows he...
(Full-length) In the late fall of 1963, Austin, Texas diner owner Ernesto Rodriguez has been able to arrange a special visitor for his struggling business, President John F. Kennedy
To capitalize on the photo opportunity, and despite the objections of his wife, Ernesto goes into debt with a notorious loan shark to buy a big, beautiful neon sign, to light the way to the All-American Diner. It’s a debt he knows he’ll be able to re-pay easily from all the business generated by the Presidential visit.
When Kennedy never makes it to Austin, Ernesto’s plan unravels. Like the ship’s captain in a poem from his youth, Ernesto does what he thinks best to protect his family, and his faith in the American Dream, but is it enough?
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