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The boy with the sad eyes - The scar that became a smile

Sam Chevalier

Publisher: Venado Real

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Summary

Loneliness is that fine line between the emptiness that claims us and the warmth of self-love that embraces our soul. Grey is the color we use to describe sadness, helplessness, fear but, with only a breath of hope, it fills our life with color. Pain is that old friend with whom you have a couple of drinks and sooner or later, it ends up teaching you how to carry on despite the blows. Uncertainty is that heart with red-hot wounds that makes us wonder how, when, why…
"The Boy with the Sad Eyes" is full of lines that question, that make us think, that cry out to be read, just as every scar we bear asks to be healed. It is a book that tells us about living, not just surviving, because when we survive there is still a part of us that wants to die. Within its pages we find an invitation to resurface from that dry land, to take root, believe and trust again and, above all, to love once more.
If you ever felt like you were sinking in the sea of desolation, these lines will touch even the deepest fibers of your soul.

Available since: 06/24/2021.

Print length: 220 pages.

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