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Angelo, an aging American expat, has retreated to a sunlit town on Portugal’s southern coast, hoping to shed the weight of ambition, regret and loss. When his young granddaughter, Tenina, comes to stay for the summer, she offers an alternative way of being: playful, unguarded and rooted in the present.
The two explore seaside villages, befriend eccentric locals, write poetry and marvel at migratory birds preparing for a perilous crossing. Markets, ferries, cafes, and ancient ruins become the stage for a shared understanding.
But as Angelo confronts the decline of his body and mind, he spies a mysterious presence shadowing their steps, threatening to destroy the precious communion.
Told in lyrical, episodic reflections, These Balmy Days is a luminous exploration of joy in the face of impermanence and loss. Blending travelogue, reflection and poignant intimacy, Shapero offers a stirring meditation on life at the threshold between holding on and letting go.
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About the author
Rich Shapero’s novels dare readers with giant metaphors, magnificent obsessions and potent ideas.His casts of idealistic lovers and rebellious artists all rate ideas as paramount, more important than life itself. They traverse wild landscapes and visionary realms, imagining gods who in turn imagine them.Their thoughts are warped toward a place and state that is different than the one we’re born into—an astonishing place, where the truths of our practical world are unraveled and revealed to be the illusions they are.Like the seekers themselves, readers grapple with surprising discoveries about human potential.These Balmy Days and his previous fifteen titles are available in hardcover and as ebooks. They also combine music, visual art, animation and video in the TooFar Media app. Shapero spins provocative stories for the eyes, ears, and imagination.
