The Seamstress
A Novel
$41.28
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2009
Summary
Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction
As seamstresses, the young sisters Emília and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, mend, and conceal–useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents in the crossfire. Emília, a naive romantic, dreams of falling in love with a gentleman and escaping to a big city. Quick-tempered Luzia also longs for escape, finding it in her…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060738884 |
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| ISBN-10: | 006073888X |
| Author: | Frances De Pontes Peebles |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 135mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“This impressive debut novel seduces with its sweeping story, strong characterization, and extraordinarily vivid detail. A good read-alike for fans of Isabel Allende.” – Booklist (starred review)
”[An] engrossing historical saga… . The novel’s true beauty is the exquisitely realized relationship between Emilia and Luzia, two strong women who, despite the separate paths their lives take, remain connected and committed to each other.” – Library Journal
“THE SEAMSTRESS is a gripping portrait of the lives of two sisters caught in the political unbalance of a country at a crossroads. Bittersweet, beautifully written, this sweeping saga is as impossible to put down as it is to forget.” – Aryn Kyle, author of THE GOD OF ANIMALS
About The Author
Frances De Pontes Peebles
Frances de Pontes Peebles’s short stories have appeared in Indiana Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, and the collection O. Henry Prize Stories, 2005. Born in Pernambuco, Brazil, she is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She divides her time between Brazil and Miami.
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