Life is a Carousel: A Novel Inspired by a True Story - Softcover

De La Sierra, Rafael De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420829149 ISBN 13: 9781420829143

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2005

Synopsis

the story of a young immigrant who manages to live a life that epitomizes the best of the American Dream. Living a life of ease and comfort in homeland, he is forced to flee to the U.S. where he must adjust to a new environment and begin a new life. Life Is A Carousel is filled with both humor and hope and is also a book with a message. It can convey that even when someone has lost everything, there is still hope. Believing in God and believing that if one has faith, ambition and is willing to go ?All Out? one can succeed.... and do it with honor and integrity. Life Is A Carousel my friend, We have tales to tell, and once you have been We hope you will want to ride again.

About this title

About the Author

Rafael J. de la Sierra was born and raised in Havana, Cuba, where he attended De La Salle School. He graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a degree of Bachelor of Architecture, and completed his studies at the Wharton School with a course in Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Executive. After practicing architecture for several years in New York he joined Warner Communications Inc. (now Time Warner) where he became Corporate Vice President.

Within Warner he assumed the following responsibilities:

Vice President International Coordination.

Chairman, President and Chief Executive of the Cosmos Soccer Club.

President of Soccer Camps of America.

Vice President Warner Brothers Jungle Habitat.

Vice President of Company Facilities.

He moved to Miami and became Principal of Swanke Hayden Connell.

He is married; two children, three step children and twelve grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420829149
• ISBN 13: 9781420829143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188