Cry Watercolors: D2 Edition

by Carlos Alvarado, Alexandra Kube (Illustrator), Herman Lopez (Illustrator)

Overview

Cry WaterColors (D2 Edition) is a romantic, introspective, literary adventure. It is a coming-of-age story, yet, when confronted by the prospect of death.

Comments from Indie-Book readers:

"...a superb, sometimes soaring piece of writing!"
"...His keen eye and mind for detail create a canvas so rich, characters so deep - it's magical to read."
"...Beautifully written, gorgeously layered, Cry WaterColors is a treat for the mind and the imagination."

When Mark's sensitivities are heightened by an overwhelming sense of loneliness that became desperation, Mark becomes receptive to Emilia's curiosity and her pursuit of love with grace.

Emilia's unabashed desire to seek out the truth from wherever it may arise, and amidst the splendor of Lake Tahoe, Mark is influenced to resolutely follow the joy of their developing romance—until he learns there may not be much time. Mark and Emilia must then deal with the consequences of love and life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823101592
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/28/2019
Edition description:	D2 ed.
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Nothing reveals more about me than my writing. I often compose a story-line bearing drama drawn from my Costa Rican Catholic upbringing, while many of the characters evolve throughout the story as if influenced by a disposition akin to that of my mother: divorced and unapologetic, she threshed through the challenges of being a single woman in a foreign land and raised five successful children in Los Angeles, California.

I remember the day I announced my intention to pursue a career in medicine. With a voice of disappointment, my mother expressed her expectation I would have followed my lifetime dream of becoming an architect. I realized then it was passion that gave her fortitude against life’s challenges, as much as the spunk to shout catcalls at the romantic disgraces depicted on her favorite Mexican novellas.

As an introvert, I placed myself in my mother’s shadow and made writing my venue for introspection. For 32-years in a medical career, I flowered my patient's history and physical exam with words of passion; this served me well to limit my emotional vulnerability to the daily human suffering I witnessed in the Emergency Room: the blood splotched on my glove in resuscitation required my disciplined response to curb its flow.

I wrote Cry Watercolors early in my medical career, and Tujunga waited until I was retired to be completed. For both of these novels, my medical knowledge formed the foundation on which to build their plots. Recently (2019), I took a look back at my first book and thought it was time for a new edition: Cry WaterColors, D2 Edition

There is a richness in every encounter we care to remember, that some people chronicle by framing in photographs hung on walls. Others prefer to store their experiences in albums or diaries, but my own cherished memories are keepsakes I lavish onto backdrops for my stories.

The Future:

Presently living in south Florida, I am working on my third book La Macha, a Costa Rican romantic tale. Furthermore, I am plotting out my fourth book Mount Ararat, a revisionist accounting of the Old Testament. I continue to write poems with the hope of eventually sharing them.