The time of a tropical downpour

Autobiographical romance: love, faith and resilience

SUMMARY

She didn't want it to begin, just as she didn't want it to end.

“—Anyway, there are three prohibitions between us that would prevent me from being with you.

—I see! Which three?

—One, you're retired, so I guess you're in your sixties, so you're too old for me. Second, you smoke too much. And three, you're a tourist.

He laughed so hard I felt ridiculous. What was so funny about what I said?”

Everything kept them apart, but Louis and Mary loved each other at first sight. She was very religious and he was an unrepentant atheist. They fought against taboos and all odds to live their love until this tragedy...

How will she cope with the unacceptable? How will she survive the void left by a love that lasted only as long as a tropical downpour?