The Seamstress
$25.23
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2009
Summary
Emilia and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned as children, grow up under their aunt’s protection in the hillside village of Taquaritinga, Brazil. Raised as seamstresses, the sisters learn to cut, mend, and conceal. Emilia cherishes pretty, girlish things and longs to escape the confines of their small town, dreaming of love in the city’s bustle and glamour, inspired by magazine romances. Luzia, however, scarred by a childhood accident that left her with a deformed arm, understands that her life canno…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780747596196 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0747596190 |
| Author: | Frances de Pontes Peebles |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 427g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 39mm |
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‘This engrossing historical saga of Brazil in the 1920s and 1930s
‘An agonizingly romantic story in the best sense of the word’ Chicago Tribune ‘A lush historical narrative … irresistibly engrossing’ Elle ‘Rollicking, violent and heartbreaking’ Miami Herald
About The Author
Frances de Pontes Peebles
Frances de Pontes Peebles was born in Pernambuco, Brazil. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she has received several awards and her short stories have appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, the Indiana Review, the Missouri Review and the O. Henry Prize Story Collection 2005.
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