Frances De Pontes Peebles: 3 books
by Frances de Pontes Peebles
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Nos anos 1920, as órfãs Emília e Luzia são as melhores costureiras de Taquaritinga do Norte, uma pequena cidade de Pernambuco. Fora isso, não podiam ser mais diferentes.
Morena e bonita, Emília é uma sonhadora que quer escapar da vida no interior e ter um casamento honrado. Já Luzia,...
The Air You Breathe
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
**"[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.)." --NPR
"Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga."--O, The Oprah Magazine
"Enveloping...Peebles understands the shifting...
The Seamstress
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
As seamstresses, the young sisters Emília and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents...