A Rose For Maria And A Summer In Naples

A Rose for Maria is set 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. A Summer in Naples takes place in 1946. When Grant Moore returns to Italy in hopes to rekindle old friendships, he discovers the town had been rebuilding from the destruction of the war. Some of the town's families had been torn apart and others held onto the little hope they had left. When Grant was reunited with an old friend named Jimmy Nolan the two of them did their best to look past the troubled times.Grant soon learns that the only hope in town came from a man he once knew years ago. After building a nightclub, becoming a local hero, and being the only prosperous man in town it soon raised a red flag. Grant quickly learned that the town changed for the worse. Jimmy remained at his side to help him get through the bitter truth. What the town once lived for became only a memory, but for Grant it meant so much more. "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

• | Author: Gabriel McDonald
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Jun 02, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1071330535
• | ISBN-13: 9781071330531