Praise for Sunset Tomorrow
Author Ervin Tibbs has created a world that is both marginal and magical. His characters are content with their bare-subsistence lives--sleeping on the beach, dumpster diving, and sharing rations of cheap wine--until a small child comes along who seems to have less than they do. Tibbs infuses his tale with radiating warmth, compassion and bright flashes of humor. This is a story not soon forgotten.
Maralys Wills, author of "Higher Than Eagles."
Sunset Tomorrow is, at its core, a story of redemption for five friends who need to find something to believe in again. Life has stopped them repeatedly, they have been shunned by society, but they have not been beaten. Oddly enough, it is a sick little boy who teaches them what real courage is and who offers them the challenge they need to discover if they are useless to society or if they can truly make a difference in the world of a small boy. As Jude and his small band set out to fullfill a simple birthday wish, they discover who they are and who they used to be.
Sunset Tomorrow is the rarest of novels, one that gives the reader hope. Hope in humanity, hope in Karmic balance, and hope in the art of writing. With so many novels on the shelves, many of which not worthy of the paper they are printed on, Sunset Tomorrow rises to the top like the literary cream in our coffee. This is what writing is all about...visceral, emotional, and truthful, all wrapped in the guise of fiction. Erv Tibbs is an author with the courage to show us who we truly are, and the compassion to forgive our transgressions. Write on, Mr. Tibbs, and I shall continue to read.
Bill Wilbur, literary agent.
Sunset Tomorrow introduces the reader to a small group of beach town denizens who just happen to be bums, drifters, outcasts and misfits. The most unlikely heroes ever to unite in a quest! Like knight-errants of old, they are zealous in their pursuit, having only one day to earn enough money with which to purchase a birthday bike for a neighborhood friend, a cancer stricken little boy.
Inner strength and resove prove stronger than their individual woes and personal frailties, Jude, Lonesome, Sherm, Ed and Willy evoke laughter, compassion and insight as their actions touch the reader's heart.
Kimberly Richards, writer.
Follow along as a group of "homeless" friends undertake an extraordinary task to grant the
birthday wish of a dying boy. Along the way you will see their struggles to fulfill that wish and the
deeper story of how they are changed in the process. It is a story of courage, devotion,
acceptance, hope and love.
It is no exaggeration for me say this is one of the best books I have ever read. The story is
engaging and enlightening. The characters are people I would like to know and the telling of
the tale is perfect. The author made me laugh, cry and most importantly...believe. It caused me
to see with a new perspective and touched me as few books can. I thank you Mr. Tibbs for
allowing me the pleasure of this read and I would be honored to repeat the experience with any
of your other work. You are superb!
Lighthouse Literary Review.
