FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A Song Across the Barriers of Time

New fictional novel is a love story about Karen Carpenter

Carmel, IN – April 9, 2009 – A golden voice, a beautiful vision in a dream, and a love that transcends time. Prepare to be spellbound by this hauntingly beautiful and fictionalized love story about the late singer Karen Carpenter in Leave Yesterday Behind.

Leo Adam Alba III starts having the same dream each night. It is about a breathtakingly beautiful dark-haired woman who is asking God for help with her demons. He spends countless hours trying to find out who she is. Finally, he discovers that she is Karen Anne Carpenter, the singer with the golden voice who died in 1983. He is devastated by this knowledge. A man in love, he goes on a quest to know how to get to her.

Will he be able to turn back the hands of time? And even if he could, can he undo the unfolding of fate? Find out in this touching love story, Leave Yesterday Behind. Get a copy now!

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About the Author

Leo M. Bonaventura was born in East Chicago, Indiana in 1945. He was the second oldest of eight children. His father frequently accused him of being a dreamer and said that he needed to concentrate on reality or he may not succeed in life. He went on to Marquette University and then to Indiana University School of Medicine where he obtained his M.D. in 1970. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He still was a dreamer but put it on the back burner. In December of 2007, he embarked upon the project involving Karen Carpenter and Leo Adam Alba III, Leave Yesterday Behind.

Leave Yesterday Behind * by Leo Mark Bonaventura

Publication Date: April 8, 2009

Trade Paperback; $15.99; 312 pages; 978-1-4415-0984-0

Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 312 pages; 978-1-4415-0985-7

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