The Secret Life of Daydreams (40 page)

Keep moving forward and never lose sight of your dreams.

Dedication

Para a minha mãe,

de quem herdei o amor pelas letras e a paixão pelos livros.

To my mother,

who first gave me the love for letters and the passion for books.

About the author

Lucinda Whitney was born and raised in Portugal, where she received a master’s degree from the University of Minho in Braga in Portuguese/English teaching. She’s a cancer survivor, and served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Salt Lake Temple Square Visitors Center mission in Utah.

She lives in northern Utah with her husband and four children. When she’s not reading and writing, she can be found with a pair of knitting needles in winter, or tending her herb garden in the summer. She also works part-time as a substitute teacher.

Lucinda is an active member of the League of Utah Writers.

Please visit her website at
lucindawhitney.com
for more information and Portuguese recipes. You may send her an email
here
.