Midwinter Turns to Spring (Book + Music CD) - Hardcover

Maria Veloso

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0977075109 ISBN 13: 9780977075102

Publisher: Think-Outside-the-Book, Inc., 2005

Synopsis

Moving Love Story with Spiritual Wisdom Cassidy Hamilton, a San Francisco woman, moves into a Victorian apartment and discovers a hidden drawer tucked behind the baseboard of a built-in china cabinet.  Inside the drawer is the journal of Savannah Curtis, a woman who lived in the same Victorian apartment twenty-six years earlier. The journal reveals the story of Alfonso Madrigál, a Spanish flamenco guitarist, who meets Savannah, an artist and art appraiser, when he seeks to authenticate a painting that is thought to be the work of Pablo Picasso.  However, the painting has a mysterious pentimento that s just beginning to resurface. Neither of them is looking for the other, and yet when Alfonso Madrigál finds himself attending Savannah's art lecture one Indian summer in 1977. Events from that day forward conspire to irretrievably change both their lives and the lives of those who knew them. Midwinter Turns to Spring is a riveting and romantic story that incorporates a glimpse into the exotic, vivacious and sensual Flamenco culture; a dramatic sub-plot set in the South of Spain, marked by intrigue, murder and deception, and a mystery involving an 1897 painting. It also speculates the outcomes of paths taken and not taken, as well as the punishments and rewards of those that choose to love.

About this title

About the Author

Maria Veloso is the author of 9 non-fiction books in the health and wellness genre and a business book. She is also a songwriter, who wrote the music and lyrics of 8 songs on the Midwinter Turns to Spring music soundtrack.

From the Inside Flap

U.S. $27.00 (Book with Companion Music CD) Some things that are hidden from view were meant to remain hidden, but others are preordained to reappear at destiny s prompting. An artist might conceal the fervent brushwork of his original sentiment under fresh layers of paint but the underlying image often begs to resurface. Such is the sentiment of this story. Having been kept a secret for twenty-six years, it wants to live again.The story begins when Cassidy Hamilton, a San Francisco woman, moves into a Victorian apartment, and discovers a hidden drawer tucked behind the baseboard of a built-in china cabinet. Inside the drawer is the journal of Savannah Curtis, a woman who lived in the same Victorian apartment twenty-six years earlier. The journal reveals the story of Alfonso Madrigál, a Spanish flamenco guitarist, who meets Savannah, an artist and art appraiser, when he seeks to authenticate a painting that is thought to be the work of Pablo Picasso -- a painting that has a mysterious pentimento that s just beginning to resurface. Neither of them is looking for the other, and yet when Alfonso Madrigál finds himself attending Savannah s art lecture one Indian summer in 1977, events from that day forward conspire to irretrievably change both their lives -- and the lives of those who knew them."Midwinter Turns to Spring" explores the nature of love that endures long after the frills of romance and infatuation have fallen away. It also speculates the outcomes of paths taken and not taken, as well as the punishments and rewards of those that choose to love. It is rich in hidden meanings, metaphors and deep spiritual insights that keep delivering well after the story ends. This is the first novel that comes with its own music soundtrack consisting of songs also written by Maria Veloso. The music CD soundtrack was produced, arranged, co-written and performed by Zendrik. Think-Outside-the-Book Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-9770751-0-9 COVER PRINTED IN U.S.A.

Edition details

• Publisher: Think-Outside-the-Book, Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977075109
• ISBN 13: 9780977075102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Agustina Gramajo
• Number of pages: 378
• Editor: Beth Lieberman