"Breaking Stones" is a book about hope, about over-coming all odds, about coming to terms with one's self, and, above all, about the joy of giving back. Alves was born in a rural mountainous region of Portugal. The setting may have been mid-20th century, but the living conditions were Stone Age - no electricity, no running water, no creature comforts of any variety.
"Breaking Stones" follows Alves' odyssey from a boyhood spent with his best friend, Burro the donkey, in Portugal to the social alienation he experienced in Germany to the culture shock he felt in Montreal, where his family...
"Breaking Stones" is a book about hope, about over-coming all odds, about coming to terms with one's self, and, above all, about the joy of giving ...
"Breaking Stones" is a book about hope, about over-coming all odds, about coming to terms with one's self, and, above all, about the joy of giving back. Alves was born in a rural mountainous region of Portugal. The setting may have been mid-20th century, but the living conditions were Stone Age - no electricity, no running water, no creature comforts of any variety.
"Breaking Stones" follows Alves' odyssey from a boyhood spent with his best friend, Burro the donkey, in Portugal to the social alienation he experienced in Germany to the culture shock he felt in Montreal, where his family...
"Breaking Stones" is a book about hope, about over-coming all odds, about coming to terms with one's self, and, above all, about the joy of giving ...