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A Rose For Maria

Gabriel McDonald

In Paris France 1950, a young man named Sam Hudson leaves his home in New York, and embarks on a journey seeking fame and fortune. Upon arriving he discovers that poverty and hardship would quickly become an issue he could not face alone. After meeting an American pianist named Artie Smith, the two men help one another to make it through the many struggles of their daily lives.Sam learns that everything he's heard about Paris was true. The warm inviting feeling from even the poorest of neighborhoods, embrace Sam and Artie showing them how to view life in another way. With Artie's support, Sam's work as a sculptor, a poet, and a painter would also be put to test. At that moment Sam would find love and happiness in the place he most expected for dreams to come true. "It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living." - F Scott Fitzgerald"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

GenresRomanceLiterature & FictionShort Stories & AnthologiesShort Stories

196 pages

English edition · First published 2019 by Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US · ISBN 9781095488683

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