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Based on true eventsNovel · In Spanish · 2nd edition
Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan
Some families break under the weight of their own history. Others, generation after generation, find a way to keep standing. At the center of this one: a secret three generations chose not to touch.
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What it's about
Poverty rarely comes alone.
It almost never lasts a single generation. It arrives with decisions made under pressure, with silences that once looked like protection, and with debts nobody taught you to settle. One generation inherits them from the last without asking for any of it.
And at the center, a secret three generations chose not to touch.
This is not only the story of one man's tenacity. It is the story of a whole family that had to hold itself together so it would not be swallowed by the cycle of loss that drags a bloodline under. The endings have the uneven shape of things that really happened: someone never apologizes, something gets fixed too late, one person turns out braver than expected and another less so.
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Who writes
An apprentice of everything, a master of nothing.
Richard R. Dos Santos was born in Caracas, moved to Newark at fifteen, and served in the United States Army before he sat down to write. He writes from lived experience, not from a credential. Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan is his fourth book and the first written originally in Spanish.
First readings
“When Tears Speak is a vibrant story of overcoming. It's framed by the vivid tableau of an era and a country, its injustices and its traditions. A novel for anyone hungry for aspiration and hope.”
Also by Richard
Three more books, in English.
Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan is the book of this moment. These three came first: celebrity, prejudice and connection, written from the same life.
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What is Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan about?
Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan tells the story of a family that refuses to break under the weight of poverty, betrayal, and secrets kept for generations. Based on true events, it follows the tenacity of one man and of the family that had to hold itself together so it would not be swallowed by the cycle of loss that drags a bloodline under.
Is Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan based on a true story?
Yes. The novel is based on true events. The hardships and the secrets that run through the family come from a lived story, not from pure fiction.
Who is Richard R. Dos Santos?
Richard R. Dos Santos is the author of four books. His authority comes from living rather than from a credential: born in Caracas, he moved to Newark at fifteen, served in the United States Army, and worked through entrepreneurship, entertainment, and public life before he began to write. He puts it in one line of his own: an apprentice of everything, a master of nothing. Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan is his first book written originally in Spanish; the other three — Working with Celebrities, We Are Not Racists, and Logged INN — are in English.
Is Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan available in English?
No. Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan was written originally in Spanish and is currently available in Spanish only. The author's other three books — Working with Celebrities, We Are Not Racists, and Logged INN — are in English.
Where can I buy Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan?
On Amazon, in three formats: Kindle at $9.99 — free if you have Kindle Unlimited — paperback at $19.99, and hardcover at $25.99. All three links are above, on this page. Amazon ships to the United States and to the other countries it serves.
How many pages does Cuando Las Lágrimas Hablan have?
The paperback edition runs to 243 pages and the hardcover to 244. The Kindle edition comes to roughly 147 pages of reading. Most readers finish it in two or three sittings.
