Description: Finalist for Best Literary Fiction - (eFestival of Words). Monroe Colson, a successful children's book illustrator living in small-town Texas, baffles family and friends when he unceremoniously announces he's moving to Mexico, ostensibly to paint. In Mexico, the true nature of his mysterious behavior not only comes to light, but takes an unexpected turn when he runs into a vibrant young American woman who has been abandoned, penniless, by her fiancé. This emotionally powerful and often humorous story with its controversial resolution is a poignant testament to love and the resilience of the human heart.
