2014 Readers Favorite International Award Winner
"The Little Girl Praying on the Hill" is a bittersweet story based on the emotional childhood memories of a young girl determined to understand the purpose for her existence. Growing up in a poor village of the post-World War II era in a country where half the men drink themselves to death by the age of forty, the confused child questions God. The beauty of nature around her animates her and paints the perfect combination of colors, but life in her rundown village, sinking in mud after each rainfall, is a strong contrast. She exists between two worlds: her beautiful imagination and the harsh realities of life. The picture of majestic nature does not fit with the picture that God created for the people he loves. Why did he divide this world so unevenly? Why did he drop her in the wrong place? Her emotions rise to unreachable heights and sink to devastating lows. The gripping beauty of his creation mesmerizes her young mind, but only for a moment before her memories of specific events make her doubt God's intentions.

Charm is a tender and loving story of a small cat that is found, lost and found again under the most mysterious conditions. It will make you wonder about life, love and the existence of a higher power. It will break your heart in half and put it back together again. You will fall in love and be forever grateful that you met Charm, if only in a book.

Ask yourself: Do you believe in the existence of a higher power and the other world? Do you believe in miracles and reincarnation? Charm: An Amazing Story of a Little Black Cat is all in one story, which will make you think about these things and maybe you´ll find the answer!

This is a second edition of Charm. It doesn't contain the upsetting portions some reviewers are talking about in the first edition.

A philosophical divagation about the evil banality of daily acts. With this subtitle, the author dissected the modern state of man, his thoughts, feelings, and life, in a direct, sensible, and poetic style.

A contemporary text about the human anguishes and desires, needs and projects, dreams and utopias, which leads the reader to rethink his daily acts.

Foreword by Carla Francalanci, PhD by Boston University

Awards received:
Gold Medal - Literary Classics International Book Awards for Special Interest - Inspirational / Motivational, 2013;
Bronze Medal - Literary AwardsReaders' Favorite International Book Award for Short Story - Non Fiction, 2013;
Honors - Law School, PUC-RJ, 1988.