Contact Person: Carlos Alvarado Email: crycolors@aol.com URL: http://www.crywatercolors.com
to assure the best physical and mental outcome for the patient I attend to. In the 23 years of my career, I have witnessed a palette of emotions by which these patients approach their trials and tribulations. From this palette, I drew the passions that inspired the characters in Cry WaterColors. In the analysis of a crippling illness or accident, it is so often said that the condition “beats the alternative (referring to death).” As the attending physician, deeply involved in the battle to assure the best medical outcome, I have often asked “what if I was in their shoes?” In many situations, would death not be deferential? As this is a very personal decision, I challenged the protagonist in Cry WaterColors with making a decision between “the quality of life” and the debilitation resulting from the effort to sustain “life at all cost.” In the pursuit of medical care, at what point is the sanctity of life compromised? At the NYC Book Expo I intent to share the passion of Cry WaterColors with those who care to stop by my booth (#1846). Excerpt: At seven, supposedly too young to experience desperation, Mark challenged his confusion. In the silence of his darkened room, he firmly held the point of the knife against his belly. From the pit it made, pressed against his flesh, he felt the warm trickle of blood….. (Prelude) ...........................................................VISIT ME @ BOOTH …1846… About the Author: Carlos Alvarado, a practicing physician, grew up in California and now lives in Florida. Cry WaterColors is his first book; he is working on his second novel, Tujunga, a romantic medical adventure. Publication: Cry WaterColors Author: Carlos Alvarado Paperback ISBN: 1-933626-11-9 Pages: 236 Price: $12.95 Size: 6x9 Available online at CryWaterColors.com, Amazon.com; and through Llumina Press, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor Or visit us on the web at http://www.crywatercolors.com |
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