City of Sorrows

By S. L. Nadathur


Just turned nineteen, Diego is recently married, madly in love, expecting his first child, and completely unaware that his life is about to come crashing down around him. On a dark road outside Seville, this Gypsy’s life takes a tragic turn. He must find the courage to face death, the strength to survive it, and the power to hold onto his humanity while his mind and his will scream against it.

City of Sorrows is an emotionally intense story about how relationships can get complicated, and how life is not always the way we want it to be . . .

Under normal circumstances, they never would have met. Rajiv is an Indian immigrant, Andrés a wealthy Spaniard, and Diego a poor Gypsy from the Southside of Seville. On a dark road beside a sweetly-scented orange grove, the lives of these three men come crashing together. Andrés's anger leads to a tragic death, triggering Diego's uncontrolled rage and forcing Rajiv to rely on Gandhi's philosophies to negotiate his way through the underside of life. The choices these men make ripple outward, throwing not only their lives, but an entire city, into turmoil and change......

S.L. Nadathur is a widely-traveled writer, teacher, and self-proclaimed “outsider” from Connecticut who now resides with her family in Lajas, Puerto Rico. She loves teen drama and is a fan of the supernatural. After the writing is done you’ll see her relaxing with a good CW TV series, which will definitely have something to do with ordinary young people involved in extraordinary (and certainly supernatural) experiences. Late at night, you’ll find her blogging about the challenges of being different. By day, she writes fictional stories set in painfully real worlds. She especially loves young people on the edge of life.

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