The Seamstress: A Novel - Hardcover

Peebles, Frances De Pontes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060738871 ISBN 13: 9780060738877

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

Having mastered the clothing maker's art at an early age, orphaned siblings Emília and Luzia dos Santos harbor individual dreams for the future but find their lives playing out divergently as the wife of a wealthy doctor's son and a member of a rebel bandit gang. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

'Lavishly detailed the leisurely pace and attention to detail immerse the reader in both gilded halls and unsavory bandit camps' Publishers Weekly 'This engrossing historical saga of Brazil in the 1920s and 1930s 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 'Wonderfully descriptive, both of emotions and the wild interior of northern Brazil. But its success lies in the portrayal of sisterhood - the love, jealousy and earnest loyalty of sororal love' Psychologies 'Fans of Isabel Allende will find much to recommend in this saga, with its fully realized characters, gripping moral quandaries, tense drama, and lyrical descriptive prose' ELLE

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060738871
• ISBN 13: 9780060738877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 646