“Tormentas” by Maria Fernandez Snitzer (Spanish Edition) is now available for purchase
“Su actitud y su reserva silenciosa le recordaban a Elise que, al final, después de la tormenta, todo iría bien. Al fin y al cabo, LaLa había sobrevivido a muchas tormentas en su larga vida.”
“Her reticent manner and her silent reserve were calming reminders to Elise that, in the end, after the storm, everything would be all right. After all, LaLa had survived many storms in her long life.”
– an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “Tormentas” by Maria Fernandez Snitzer (Spanish Edition). This masterpiece is praised by Kate Robinson of the US Review of Books, who acknowledges that “the author, a Louisiana native, writes elegantly of the literal and metaphorical storms that batter the generations in this literary family drama… As the author’s debut novel wends its circuitous path through both ordinary and emotionally fraught family scenes over the next week, a powerful hurricane sweeps across the Caribbean, with landfall predicted near Elise’s community of Bayou Chouteau. It is a study of action and reaction.” This book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
Maria Fernandez Snitzer, the author, grew up in the same small fishing town that serves as the setting of the book. She had always been influenced by her historian father. She used to accompany her father on his research trips.
The English edition of “Tormentas” has been receiving acclaim since it was published. It is a published book with the Gold Seal of Excellence. The Gold Seal attests to the excellent quality of your work and sets it apart from the competition with a superior brand of credibility. This distinction is given only to books with a 5-star rating from a major book review publication trusted by tens of thousands of subscribers. As a seal of excellence, it also serves as a perfect marketing tool to promote your book across a wide range of audiences and build up your author brand with an unmatched reputation. It was also featured in the November 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Recently, it was displayed in the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair category of the New Title Showcase on its 60th anniversary.
Description (Spanish):
Aunque el boletín de noticias confirmó su decisión de evacuar, Elise no quería escuchar otro minuto de pronósticos, preparativos y predicciones. Brad buscó hasta encontrar un canal de fácil escucha y condujo por la lluvia en carreteras sorprendentemente desiertas. Aparentemente, el resto de la ciudad había prestado atención a las advertencias mucho antes que los Steiners. Mientras el automóvil se aventuraba a través de la tranquila calma antes de la tormenta, los niños dormían mientras sus padres y abuelos permanecían en silencio, mirando hacia las tierras húmedas de Luisiana que bordean la autopista interestatal. En un momento de su solitario viaje, una caravana de unidades de paramédicos y ambulancias los adelantó por el carril izquierdo. Elise sintió que su piel se erizaba mientras los veía pasar, imaginando cuán asustados debían estar los pacientes, lidiando no solo con el dolor e incertidumbre de una enfermedad, sino también con su única dependencia de completos extraños para encontrar un refugio seguro durante la tormenta. Cada uno de esos pacientes era la madre o el padre de alguien, un abuelo o un hermano, o peor aún, el hijo de alguien. “Gracias, Dios”, susurró de nuevo y se volvió para mirar a cada miembro de su familia, como si tuviera que asegurarse de que todos todavía estuvieran con ella.
Description (English):
Although the news bulletin confirmed her decision to evacuate, Elise didn’t want to hear another minute of forecasts, preparations, and predictions. Brad searched until he found a nice easy listening channel and drove through the rain on surprisingly deserted roads. Apparently, the rest of the city heeded the warnings long before the Steiners. As the car ventured through the quiet stillness of the calm before the storm, the children slept, while their parents and grandparents sat in silence, looking out at the Louisiana wetlands bordering the interstate highway. At one point, in their lonely journey, a caravan of paramedic units and ambulances passed them up, in the left lane Elise felt her flesh creep as she watched these people go by, imagining how frightened they must be, dealing not only with the pain and uncertainty of an illness, but also, their sole reliance on total strangers to fi nd a safe haven for them during the storm Each of those patients was someone’s mother or father, a grandparent, or a sibling, or, worse yet, someone’s child. “Thank you, God,” she whispered, again, and turned around to look at each member of her family, as though she had to make sure everyone was still there with her.
“Tormentas” by Maria Fernandez Snitzer now available for purchase via ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/tormentas.
“Storms” by Maria Fernandez Snitzer now available for purchase via ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/storms.