Cos Natola

Homeless (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Homeless - in the words of author Cos Natola: 'A number of years ago, I found myself watching a PBS documentary on homelessness in America, and although I do not remember specifically the name of the program, I can never forget the major impression it left on me. The point that hit me the hardest was the one indicating how people who suddenly find themselves without a home are not always down-and-out individuals who seemingly have this kind of living situation "coming to them". Often, homeless people are individuals who totally defy the stereotypes typically associated with this undesirable lifestyle. When one thinks of the kind of people that end up living on the streets, we often jump to deem them drug addicts, or sex trade workers, or people with untreated mental illnesses. Yes, some do fit these descriptions, but many others don't. As the documentary intrigued me more and more, it pushed me to do some further research on this epidemic, and from the many articles I discovered, I read about people who seemed to have it all at one point in their lives, and then, almost freakishly, they literally crashed and burned; succumbing to one terrible twist after another, until finally, they ended up with absolutely nothing, and living out on the streets. My story, HOMELESS, is a portrayal of nine desperate characters who were living together on an empty city lot. Each character had a story to tell, and not a single one of them fit the stereotypical pattern often associated with homeless people. When a pair of radio talk show hosts stumble upon the abandoned city lot that serves as a home to this group of luckless individuals, we discover that there are so many people in today's America who are homeless, that if we plopped them all down in one spot, it would easily form one of the largest cities on the North American continent! This is simply staggering!  I love this story very much. It stirs my emotions each and every time I read a passage from it. Sure, it is my work, and obviously, I feel a certain dedication, or perhaps, even a certain bias to it; but WHY does this tale hit me so hard? Because I feel for the many good, innocent, and lonely people, who because of the constant adversity their lives are plagued with, find themselves in this almost unimaginable state of existence. I hope this story moves my readers as much as it moves me.' Cos Natola

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cos Natola
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781370169467
• Artikelnr.: 70045210

Autorenporträt

Cos Natola is an award-winning Canadian pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger, actor, and playwright from Vancouver, British Columbia. After winning numerous music competitions as a teenager, Natola took the Grand Prize at the Esso Talent Festival held at the Pacific National Exhibition, and telecast live by CBC Television.

Later, following the suggestion of Canadian music legend Juliette, Natola entered the Du Maurier Search For Stars Competition held in Toronto, (also telecast on CBC Television). After adjudicators selected 720 professional entrants from thousands of screened applicants from all across Canada, Natola was named as a Top-18 semifinalist, and eventually was declared an overall winner.

These awards led to more appearances on CBC TV, including Timmy's Christmas Telethon, Dr. Bundolo, The Bob MacLean Show, New Year's Eve Live, and Vancouver Breakfast, and Natola shared the stage with many artists including Bobby Hales, Shari Lewis, Jim Carrey, Vikki Carr, Bob McLean, Pat Boone, Paul Williams (songwriter), Louise Mandrell, Patsy Gallant, Johnny Ferreira, Leon Bibb, members of the famed Boss Brass, Dal Richards. Red Robinson, Rick Honey, Iona Campagnolo and others. These appearances garnered positive reviews in both provincial as well as national publications.

Natola also maintains a very busy recording career. His first single featured two original songs, Think of Me, & More Today Than Yesterday, and was soon followed by his first album, Dreams Never Die. His second album was entitled The Immigrant, and its title track reached Number 1 on the hit parade of WEAW Chicago. Natola's next album was called A Hopeless Romantic. RCA Records then released a Cos Natola single: Tutta La Vita & Being Free. His next album was entitled On The Third Day, and was followed by two children's albums. Many of Natola's recordings appear on four compilations: Reflections, Now and Then. Teaching Thru Song, and On The Third Day (all available on iTunes, Cd Baby, Amazon, etc...) Two later releases were Torch, followed by Romeo and Juliet, a concept album based on Cos Natola's two act musical adaptation of the great Shakespeare classic play. The EP Single, The Show Must Go On was released in 2015. And in August of the same year (2015), From The Heights, an album of eleven songs co-written alongside author Mark Anthony Brennan was released internationally.

Cos Natola's first novel, Homeless, is also available internat...