I AM A WOMAN I AM

About the Book

Page after page Line after line Words lost in one’s mind A given friendship An anchor in one’s heart Priceless gift Priceless feelings The author says: I am the luckiest person alive. After a lifetime of not knowing about emotions, feelings and empathy, suddenly, I become aware of them when I came to live in London. Better late than never! I also found love and a new beginning in life. Volume II will show the paintings produced during this time and, in a narrative form, the harrowing life of FJ, from childhood up to the moment he starts a new life in London.

About the Author

J. F. Reis was born in Lisbon. In 1962, his parents took him to Angola, where he lived until 1994 when he came to reside in London, Great Britain. His plans had always included writing and painting; however, unforeseen events kept most plans at bay. After earning a degree in business information systems with honors at Middlesex University in London (2001), he got a job with the Crown Prosecution Service as a messenger and, when that role ended, as an administrator until his retirement. J. F. Reis writes in English because it makes him feel detached from the past, and past is a foreign country. He has used the pseudonyms Filipe the Messenger and Harrow Hill in his contacts on the Internet (World Wide Web).