Cry WaterColors Contact Person: Carlos Alvarado Email: calvarado@watercolors.com URL: www.crywatercolors.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cry WaterColors, and Indulge in the Composition Fort Lauderdale, September 2006: Life’s tribulations, Oscar Wilde suggested, are best when less spoken about; whereas the color, the beauty and the joy of life should be the focus of our sympathy. But what becomes of a man who withdraws from the distinction? Can the balance of his life be safeguarded by transposing his own passions onto the characters he writes about? Cry WaterColors is a romantic, introspective literary adventure; a coming of age story of a man who, while still a child, was confounded by the guilt he silently accepted for the accidental death of his father. Fearful lest his emotions betray him once again, Mark Balcon finds comfort and success by withdrawing into his writings on an esoteric subject, mining Ghost Towns in the California Sierras. Eventually, events of his life are interpreted through the tales he writes.
vacation home in Lake Tahoe. His own emotional vulnerability becomes keenly reflected by the people he meets on route. The shell of his cloister is ripped open when Emilia reveals her interest in him. Their physical pleasures keep Mark from submerging his feelings into his laptop. But when his sickness is found to be more than a quirky circumstance of middle age, Mark and Emilia must deal with the consequences of love and life. 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: 1-59526-442-6 Pages: 236 Price: $12.95 Size: 6x9 Available from Llumina Press, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor; and through http://crywatercolors.com Toll Free Orders Line: 1-866-229-9244 Or visit us on the web at http://www.llumina.com, orders@llumina.com http://www.CryWatercolors.com |
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