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Undrawn
by
Conchie Fernandez (Goodreads Author)
Kyle Reed stands on the verge of his lifelong dream of artistic immortality when a call from his estranged older brother Stuart puts a halt to everything in his carefully constructed life. Kyle faces the impossible decision to go back; and attempt to undo the many painful choices he made that severed his ties with his family and the woman he once loved. As he steps into th...more
Paperback, First Edition, 218 pages
Published
February 18th 2011
by CreateSpace
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Jul 30, 2012
Arian Nilluka
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Recommends it for:
Art Students, Artists, Art-lovers
I really enjoyed this book. In the beginning I was apprehensive, but the character is well done and the way his story presents itself to the reader is well-thought and captivating. Conchie Fernandez uses a lot of crude language in this book. I am someone who uses crude language frequently and it is not something that would normally bother me, but it becomes unnecessary throughout the book. Dialogue suffers because of it, because nearly every single character is cursing (well, except for Kyle's s...more
I loved this book. I picked it up this morning and just finished reading it after only stopping for food. I don’t think it’s necessary to re write what the book is about, you can read that in the description. This book is about love, unfulfilled expectations, resentment, self-worth, anger and ultimately redemption. I cried a lot while reading this, but then again I am a crier. The main character was not someone I liked much at the beginning but he is compelling enough to draw you into his story...more
Conchie Fernandez's novel, Undrawn, offers that Indy-e-Pub rarity, a well-written, expertly edited, bona fide page-turner. Readers who appreciate getting lost in a Dominic Dunne-esque gilded universe populated by the uber-rich and politically powerful--and who relish witnessing its hidden, corrosive underside--will take to Fernandez's convincingly rendered drama of the dynastic Reed family. Boston Brahmans and American oligarchs, Reed family connections, we soon learn (thanks to the author's tal...more
This is the story of Kyle Reed his story begins with him returning home to his parents house after a long absence. His father is dying and we see him struggling with his emotions surrounding this and his reasons for being absent for so long. Something big and bad has happened in Kyle's past, something his family haven't quite forgiven him for, something he hasn't forgiven himself for. Through a series of flashbacks dating back to childhood and through his college years and adulthood we find out...more
Undrawn, is an incredible story with a terrific author behind it. The author’s depiction of this privileged Reed family was brilliant. The reader can identify with the tragedy that occurs when family ties are broken and the attempts to try and mend them. One could almost see the stain on the polished political carpet that was seen as the rebellious middle child known as Kyle Reed. In a family with three distinct sons, there had to be one who left the pack to do his own thing, and so Kyle did. Fr...more
Debut novelist Conchie Fernandez has shown in her recent novel Undrawn that she is a voice deserving to be heard, and heard widely. Undrawn chronicles the present day story of the powerful Reed family. The central character is Kyle Reed, whose gifts and talents are unfathomable to his US Senator father Brandon Reed and his domineering older brother Stuart Reed (who also becomes a US Senator from Massachusetts). Even his gay younger brother Troy is more accepted in the family as Troy at least fol...more
This is about family turmoil and misunderstandings. I found the story to be very very sad. It took me longer than usual to read the entire book.
Conchie Fernandez does a great job in giving us a window into an artist's tortured soul. I fell in love with Kyle, the main character, his struggles and the obstacles he has to overcome just makes the reader push for his success on every step of his emotional journey. He is flawed in so many ways, as we all are, but his only ambition is to be his own person and follow his own destiny instead of the path his family had chosen for him. This is a compelling and thought provoking story that is also...more
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Built up to be a good story, but fell flat at the end.
On a whim, I decided to enter to win this book, and I won a free copy. And I am really glad I won. Once I started reading this book, it was seriously hard to put it down. The story was just told so well and organized in a way that keeps the reader guessing what's going to come next. This book was one of those page-turning books that actually had depth and an interesting story line.
A+ to Conchie Fernandez on her first novel!
A+ to Conchie Fernandez on her first novel!
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Conchie Fernandez was born in the Dominican Republic. She was an editor for "Touring", a tourism newspaper printed in English and Spanish, for several years. She later translated and edited the panels for the Altos de Chavon Museum of Archaeology and taught Creative Writing at Casa Chavon, an affiliate of the Altos de Chavon School of Design and the Parsons School of Design.
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