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Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction
As seamstresses, the young sisters Emilia 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. Emilia, 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 Emilia 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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The Seamstress (Paperback)
Frances De Pontes Peebles
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Emilia and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned when they are children, grow
up under the protection of their aunt in the hillside village of
Taquaritinga, Brazil. Raised as seamstresses, the sisters learn how
to cut, how to mend and how to conceal. Emilia treasures pretty,
girlish things and longs to escape from the confines of the little
town. Captivated by the romances she reads in magazines, she dreams
of finding love in the bustle and glamour of the city. Luzia,
scarred by a childhood accident that has left her with a deformed
arm, knows that for her, real life can not be romantically
embroidered, and so she finds solace in her sewing and in the
secret prayers to the saints she believes once saved her life. But
when Luzia is abducted by a gang of rebel bandits, the sisters'
lives diverge in ways they never imagined. Whilst Luzia learns to
survive in the unforgiving Brazilian outland, discovering love in
the most unexpected of places, Emilia meets the son of a wealthy
doctor who seems to offer her everything she has always desired.
But for the innocent dreamer, the excitement of her escape to the
city is soon overshadowed by disillusion and loneliness. As she
learns how to navigate the treacherous waters of Brazilian high
society, the bandits' campaign against the land-owning 'Colonels'
intensifies, and when a price is placed upon Luzia's head Emilia
realises she must risk everything in order to save her sister.
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