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The Seamstress

Name: The Seamstress
Brand: Harper Perennial
SKU: 9780060738884
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Contributors:

Frances De Pontes Peebles

Publisher:

Harper Perennial

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Literary, Sagas, Family Life

Book Topic:

Siblings

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Release Date:

2018-11-16

ISBN 13:

9780060738884

Weight:

1.16 lbs

Size:

8.00 x 5.32 x 1.13 inches

Pages:

656

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Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction

As seamstresses, the young sisters Em lia 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. Em lia, 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 Em lia 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.

About the Author
Peebles, Frances De Pontes: -

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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