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Winner, 2014 Royal Palm Literary Awards

2014 Royal Palm Literary Awards

Second place winner in the General Category (Pre-published)

Alborada: A Poetic Memoir Across Cultures is an autobiographical collection of narrative and lyrical poems Nylda Dieppa crafted throughout her life. Here she shares profound familial love, the struggles of culture shock, the thirty-eight-year strain of holding on to a hopeless marriage, and the joys of emotional and spiritual healing as symbolized by the dawn (alborada) of a new day.

“Nylda Dieppa Aldarondo is a woman of triumph. Her poems are real, honest, spirited, and may tell as much of your story as her own. I love her redemptive spirit.”

— Tama Kieves

Best-selling author of Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life’s Work!

https://tamakieves.com/

“I enjoyed it and was moved by it! It is a beautiful work, uncovering a beautiful person.

“I think people from anywhere would understand and appreciate this book, but …most especially women and those with an understanding of Spanish culture, although that is not necessary—the themes, cries, and singing are universal.”

— T. K. Thorne, award-winning writer of historical fiction and nonfiction

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my compadre, Dr. Sigfredo Acosta-Pérez who dared to look into my heart and encouraged me to print my poems anyway. He also suggested I acknowledge him with: “to my beloved compadre, who spent countless late night-hours reviewing and critiquing this material, until it became the polished jewel that it is now.” He thinks the poem My Nails are Growing Now should be called Ode to the Thyroid Hormone.