When I first began writing my diaries I purposely wrote in Portuguese, my native language so that I didn’t have to worry about someone reading them. Writing was my daily escape and sometimes “stabbing words on paper” was what kept me strong, it cleaned me from inside out, very much like going to confession.
Owning the freedom of expression was to me an open invitation to put aside all preconceived ideas of what was taboo and to write only the truth. Soon I was amazed to discover that by writing a past event of muddy waters it suddenly became crystal clear. The people and the stories portrayed in my diaries are all true as to my recollection when I began writing in Portuguese, Saturday, April 26, 1986, in Howell, New Jersey.
Owning the freedom of expression was to me an open invitation to put aside all preconceived ideas of what was taboo and to write only the truth. Soon I was amazed to discover that by writing a past event of muddy waters it suddenly became crystal clear. The people and the stories portrayed in my diaries are all true as to my recollection when I began writing in Portuguese, Saturday, April 26, 1986, in Howell, New Jersey.
Veronica's Diary Series
Journey of Innocence in this first person narrative, Veronica tells her own story, in her own voice through the ages of her youth, spinning a fascinating yarn of intrigue, resilience, control, heartbreak, and fatalism. She describes in the most candid manner the first eighteen years of her life, growing up in Lisbon, Portugal until a pre-arranged marriage with her cousin brings her to the U.S. in 1962.
Verónica’s Diary
The Journey Of Innocence
ISBN: 978-0-9826484-0-7
Book Size: 5.5x8.5
Page Count 354
Price: $20.00
Braving a New World
introduces Veronica, a Portuguese immigrant learning to shed her culture and become Americanized. Her honest and sometimes humorous diary entries reflect a young girl who is literally growing up with her children. After reading Veronica’s Diary II the reader walks away with the understanding that we all can become who we really want to be, regardless of life's disappointments and tribulations.
Veronica’s Diary II
Braving a New World
ISBN: 978-9-826484-1-4
Book Size: 5.5x8.5
Page Count 375
Price: $20.00
Awakening the Woman Within after thirty years of marriage Veronica asks for a divorce. Chronologically she is 47 years old but physiologically she is a youthful college student with a new career in mind. Veronica becomes an eager student of life, and romance. Dating is something she never experienced before getting married. She is now on a path of discovery like a relentless pioneer facing the unknown, yet still expecting a world of possibilities.
Veronica's Diary III
Awakening the Woman Within
ISBN: 9780982648438
Book Size: 5.5x8.5
Page Count 384
Price: $20.00
Angels Among Us takes the reader deep into Veronica's world as she leaves college to get married and returns to Portugal to care for her aged father. Her visit to Portugal extends into a three month honeymoon throughout fifteen countries.
Experiencing the darkest days of her life, Veronica is thankful for the angels along her path, some of who were still exorcising their ghostly past as they strive to earn their wings.
Veronica's Diary IV
Angels Among Us
ISBN: 9780982648445
Book Size: 5.5x8.5
Page Count 472
Price: $20.00
The Gift takes place in mid-life, and it shows us that age is not relevant except to give us the tools to keep moving forward. In the first chapter the reader is drawn in through the tragic death of Esagui’s second husband on their honeymoon. And the story continues to be mesmerizing as she chronicles the struggles to gain her chiropractic degree, and her roller coaster ride of relationships and various first dates, through internet match-ups, in her quest to find a life partner.
Veronica's Diary V
The Gift
ISBN: 978-0-982648-5-2
Book Size: 5.5x8.5
Page Count 508
Price: $20.00
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