A Portrait to Paint

By Andréa Suarez Hill

The poems in A Portrait To Paint celebrate two journeys: the career in New York City that Andréa Suarez Hill had in print, broadcast and photo journalism until 1987; as well as the life she and her husband made when they moved to Down East Maine and created a salt water farm on a bay near the ocean.  The poetry reflects these two very different rural and urban lifestyles.

The section titled “We,” as a metaphor for the family of man, captures daily news from across the globe: climate change, social injustice, the Covid pandemic, political issues and more.

In the chapter titled “You,” Suarez-Hill writes about her relationships with horses, wild animals, people and places both in New York and Maine.

The last part of the book, “Me,” expresses her inner world, feelings about aging as well as about her childhood, family and friends.  A reader feels the wonder Andréa Suarez Hill experiences across the years wherever she lives and looks.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781649797483

Andréa Suarez Hill

Andréa Suarez Hill grew up in New England. She had a career in print, broadcast, and photo journalism in New York City until 1987, when she moved to Maine. She is an accomplished horse woman who enjoys the salt water farm she and her husband created together. They spent years shoeing horses in eastern Maine. The unique Down East culture, nature and the sea influence her poetry as does her career in journalism. This book celebrates both journeys.

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About the Author

Andréa Suarez Hill grew up in New England. She had a career in print, broadcast, and photo journalism in New York City until 1987, when she moved to Maine. She is an accomplished horse woman who enjoys the salt water farm she and her husband created together. They spent years shoeing horses in eastern Maine. The unique Down East culture, nature and the sea influence her poetry as does her career in journalism. This book celebrates both journeys.

Dedication

…And inspirations, that we deem our own are some divine foreshadowing and foreseeing of things beyond our reason or control.

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Sounds of the Sea

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Andréa Suarez Hill 2023

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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication data

Suarez Hill, Andréa

A Portrait to Paint

ISBN 9781649797469 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781649797476 (Hardback)

ISBN 9781649797483 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022921808

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First Published 2023

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to my husband, Arthur, my writer friends, Jackie Lowe, Peggy Grubel, Sherry Rier, Megan Cogswell, Bunny Richards, Elizabeth Powers, Fundy Bay Printing/Melanie Fergerson, my brother, Tony Suarez, and his wife, Laurie. All of you have given me steadfast support and insight into my work.

Bless you all.

~ WE ~

Tikkun Olam

Fallen