A Song Across The Barriers Of Time
betossantana
21 Apr 2009
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Press Release Source: Xlibris
A Song Across the Barriers of Time -- New Fictional Novel is a Love Story About
Karen Carpenter
Thursday April 9, 2009, 12:49 pm EDT
Buzz up! Print CARMEL, Ind., April 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A golden
voice, a beautiful vision in a dream, and a love that transcends time. Prepare
to be spellbound by this hauntingly beautiful and fictionalized love story about
the late singer Karen Carpenter in Leave Yesterday Behind.
Leo Adam Alba III starts having the same dream each night. It is about a
breathtakingly beautiful dark-haired woman who is asking God for help with her
demons. He spends countless hours trying to find out who she is. Finally, he
discovers that she is Karen Anne Carpenter, the singer with the golden voice who
died in 1983. He is devastated by this knowledge. A man in love, he goes on a
quest to know how to get to her.
Will he be able to turn back the hands of time? And even if he could, can he
undo the unfolding of fate? Find out in this touching love story, Leave
Yesterday Behind. Get a copy now!
For more information, log on to http://www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Leo M. Bonaventura was born in East Chicago, Indiana in 1945. He was the second
oldest of eight children. His father frequently accused him of being a dreamer
and that he needed to concentrate on reality or he may not succeed in life. He
went on to Marquette University and then to Indiana University School of
Medicine where he obtained his M.D. in 1970. He still was a dreamer but put it
on the back burner. In December of 2007, he embarked upon the project involving
Karen Carpenter and Leo Adam Alba III, Leave Yesterday Behind.
Leave Yesterday Behind * by Leo Mark Bonaventura
Publication Date: April 8, 2009
Trade Paperback; $15.99; 312 pages; 978-1-4415-0984-0
Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 312 pages; 978-1-4415-0985-7
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888)
795-4274 x. 7479. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to
Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax
Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x.7876.
Xlibris books can be purchased at Xlibris bookstore. For more information,
contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at http://www.Xlibris.com.
Contact:
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A Song Across the Barriers of Time -- New Fictional Novel is a Love Story About
Karen Carpenter
Thursday April 9, 2009, 12:49 pm EDT
Buzz up! Print CARMEL, Ind., April 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A golden
voice, a beautiful vision in a dream, and a love that transcends time. Prepare
to be spellbound by this hauntingly beautiful and fictionalized love story about
the late singer Karen Carpenter in Leave Yesterday Behind.
Leo Adam Alba III starts having the same dream each night. It is about a
breathtakingly beautiful dark-haired woman who is asking God for help with her
demons. He spends countless hours trying to find out who she is. Finally, he
discovers that she is Karen Anne Carpenter, the singer with the golden voice who
died in 1983. He is devastated by this knowledge. A man in love, he goes on a
quest to know how to get to her.
Will he be able to turn back the hands of time? And even if he could, can he
undo the unfolding of fate? Find out in this touching love story, Leave
Yesterday Behind. Get a copy now!
For more information, log on to http://www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Leo M. Bonaventura was born in East Chicago, Indiana in 1945. He was the second
oldest of eight children. His father frequently accused him of being a dreamer
and that he needed to concentrate on reality or he may not succeed in life. He
went on to Marquette University and then to Indiana University School of
Medicine where he obtained his M.D. in 1970. He still was a dreamer but put it
on the back burner. In December of 2007, he embarked upon the project involving
Karen Carpenter and Leo Adam Alba III, Leave Yesterday Behind.
Leave Yesterday Behind * by Leo Mark Bonaventura
Publication Date: April 8, 2009
Trade Paperback; $15.99; 312 pages; 978-1-4415-0984-0
Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 312 pages; 978-1-4415-0985-7
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888)
795-4274 x. 7479. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to
Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax
Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x.7876.
Xlibris books can be purchased at Xlibris bookstore. For more information,
contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at http://www.Xlibris.com.
Contact:
Xlibris
Marketing Services
NedNickerson
25 Apr 2009
Sounds interesting! Here's the link for the book:
https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisp...sp?bookid=55790
And an excerpt:
https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/book_exc...sp?bookid=55790
https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisp...sp?bookid=55790
And an excerpt:
https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/book_exc...sp?bookid=55790
betossantana
25 Apr 2009
It's hard to comment on a book not written in my first language but I found his writing to be very poor... I'd read it by curiosity only. The story reminds me of Somewhere in time.
Will Leo strive to magically go back in time and make it?? Will he rescue Karen from herself?? Will our timeline in which she succumbed to anorexia be shown as a alternative dimension like in the Back to the future movies or will he fail to change the destiny like in Somewhere in time?? I wonder how will the story end...
Will Leo strive to magically go back in time and make it?? Will he rescue Karen from herself?? Will our timeline in which she succumbed to anorexia be shown as a alternative dimension like in the Back to the future movies or will he fail to change the destiny like in Somewhere in time?? I wonder how will the story end...
Summer
26 Apr 2009
QUOTE (betossantana @ Apr 25 2009, 11:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's hard to comment on a book not written in my first language but I found his writing to be very poor... I'd read it by curiosity only. The story reminds me of Somewhere in time.
I agree, on all points. I would definitely read it if I could find it in a library but I don't know that I'd pay to read it, because of the poor writing style. I'm curious, but I can live without it.
woolf
27 Apr 2009
It is hard to tell from a few pages what the impact of the book as a whole will have. I think, poor writing or not, it is brave to write a love story about KC and put it out there. I don't anticipate it being a bestseller, but can understand the longing for something to live on. I don't know, just a few thoughts...and maybe it will end up in the library at some point.
Greenie
27 Apr 2009
QUOTE (Summer @ Apr 26 2009, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I agree, on all points. I would definitely read it if I could find it in a library but I don't know that I'd pay to read it, because of the poor writing style. I'm curious, but I can live without it.
Right. I have to agree with you on this. When I read something and it seems like i could have written it, i pass lol
betossantana
27 Apr 2009
QUOTE (Greenie @ Apr 27 2009, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Right. I have to agree with you on this. When I read something and it seems like i could have written it, i pass lol
Yes!!! That's right! I second that.
And the story is too obvious from the beginning... I'll tell you how I'd have written it, the guy would have these dreams and the woman would be a misterious woman and he would gradually get these clues about her identity and the climax would be when he finds out who she is and all that. Much more exciting this way.
ldoc8
15 May 2009
Thanks for everyone's comments. My first thought is an editor for Professional Journals, I would suggest reading the book before accurate or conclusive comments can or should be made.
To the person that English is a second language, this novel is written in classic American vernacular and I can see how it would be difficult to capture all subtleties of a second language. I have some experience as well since I speak 3 other languages and I find reading books in those languages difficilt. The book is being translated in Japanese by request.
Again thanks and I encourage all to read the book. It a grat story and a great ride. I would appreciate you comments after.
Leo
To the person that English is a second language, this novel is written in classic American vernacular and I can see how it would be difficult to capture all subtleties of a second language. I have some experience as well since I speak 3 other languages and I find reading books in those languages difficilt. The book is being translated in Japanese by request.
Again thanks and I encourage all to read the book. It a grat story and a great ride. I would appreciate you comments after.
Leo
betossantana
15 May 2009
QUOTE (ldoc8 @ May 15 2009, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
To the person that English is a second language, this novel is written in classic American vernacular and I can see how it would be difficult to capture all subtleties of a second language.
Thank you for clarifying that, Mr. Bonaventura, however notice that my comments were agreed with by native enligsh speakers.
Is your main character auto-biographic? Not regarding the book storyline, of course, but the character in himself.
ldoc8
15 May 2009
The main character Leo Adam Alba is not autobiographical. I made him up to compliment the deficiencies in Karen Carpenters. My point with the others is the same. One has to read the entire book to give an informed criticism good or bad. Reading a few excerpts cannot suffice.
There are other forms that have completely different views from those people who were skeptical at first and now have a totally view of the book. To all, get it, read it and then comment on it...
Thanks again,
Leo
There are other forms that have completely different views from those people who were skeptical at first and now have a totally view of the book. To all, get it, read it and then comment on it...
Thanks again,
Leo
Summer
15 May 2009
I apologize for my comment. I was speaking about grammar and not content.
I do find Karen fascinating and have wondered why there wasn't more fan fiction about her. Imagine the adventures she could have, in our minds, where there are no silly limitations, like the one about not being alive.
Edited by Summer, 15 May 2009 - 10:34 PM.
I do find Karen fascinating and have wondered why there wasn't more fan fiction about her. Imagine the adventures she could have, in our minds, where there are no silly limitations, like the one about not being alive.
Edited by Summer, 15 May 2009 - 10:34 PM.
betossantana
15 May 2009
QUOTE (ldoc8 @ May 15 2009, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The main character Leo Adam Alba is not autobiographical. I made him up to compliment the deficiencies in Karen Carpenters.
I wondered myself that because you named him Leo just like yourself...
Were you inspired in any level by the Somewhere in time story?
ldoc8
16 May 2009
I have two sons, Leo and Adam. The names are strong and I wanted this character to be strong for the task he was going to undertake. I never read or saw 'Somewhere in time.' My first wife passed away when she was 30. I always was fascinated about the 'what if's' of life. 30 years after her death I found Karen Carpenter and as I read about her the story came into my mind, and I wrote it. No more complicated than that. I would still encourage you to read the book. If you like the paranormal love story, you will like this one. I'm told by a number of readers that they don't want the story to end.
woolf
16 May 2009
I agree...read the book first. I for one really like this book, I am almost finished and don't want it to end, and hope a second book comes out soon. It is nice to imagine what her life COULD have been, and if o 
ne is drawn at all to the metaphysical and one loves KC, then it is a very good read...thanks.
ne is drawn at all to the metaphysical and one loves KC, then it is a very good read...thanks.
