Saved

SAVED answers the question of whether love for others and love for himself can save Tommy Carlson. It is a story of friends and family, a story of loyalty. It makes one question if there are limits and boundaries to love.

"Even today, we can discover real-life characters like the men we've met within Hemingway's prose -- men with unassuming courage who build communities and nations with their hard labor, fierce loyalty, love of family and friends, and deep souls searching for those things found beyond the seen and unsaid. Carlson Aesara points us toward these men, and one in particular, in a story that leaves much for the reader to discover between the subtleties. There are heartbreaking losses, deep love shared between friends -- and quite obviously siblings -- and also heroes we discover that could easily be missed in a contemporary life that is easily blinded to such. A story, and characters, to ponder long after the last word." Cindy Martinusen Coloma

Kimberly Carlson Aesara believes that literature elevates the mind, heart, and spirit. She reads to learn about herself and the world she lives in. When reading great works she often is forced to pause to feel the meaning behind the words, the passion in the author. The story can transcend both the words and the writer's ideas. Kimberly writes because it keeps her living in the beauty, the sacred of the world, while helping to find meaning or growth in our suffering. Writing and creating give her life purpose. Kimberly is a believer in big dreams and a lover of small details. Kimberly holds an MA in English. She teaches and works privately with writers. Kimberly is the author of the award-winning novel, Out of the Shadows.