The Seamstress

Author : Frances de Pontes Peebles

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 28 July 2009

ISBN : 9780060738884

Price : €19.88

Description

Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction

As seamstresses, the young sisters Emlia and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, mend, and concealuseful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents in the crossfire. Emlia, 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 craft and secret prayers to the saints she believes once saved her life. But when Luzia is abducted by cangaceiros led by the infamous Hawk and Emlia stumbles into a marriage with the son of a wealthy and politically powerful doctor, the sisters' quiet lives diverge in ways they never would have imagined.

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