The invisible life of Euridice Gusmao
Batalha, Martha, 1973-
The invisible life of Euridice Gusmao - 232 pages ; 22 cm
Euridice is young, beautiful and ambitious, but when her rebellious sister Guida elopes, she sets her own aspirations aside and vows to settle down as a model wife and daughter. And yet as her husband's professional success grows, so does Euridice's feeling of restlessness. She embarks on a series of secret projects from creating recipe books to becoming the most sought-after seamstress in town -- but each is doomed to failure. Her tradition-loving husband is not interested in an independent wife. And then one day Guida appears at the door with her young son and a terrible story of hardship and abandonment.
9781786071729 178607172X 9781786072986 178607298X
Sisters--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Fiction.
Black humor.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
Black humor.
Novels.
PQ9698.412.A835 / V5413 2017
869.3/5
The invisible life of Euridice Gusmao - 232 pages ; 22 cm
Euridice is young, beautiful and ambitious, but when her rebellious sister Guida elopes, she sets her own aspirations aside and vows to settle down as a model wife and daughter. And yet as her husband's professional success grows, so does Euridice's feeling of restlessness. She embarks on a series of secret projects from creating recipe books to becoming the most sought-after seamstress in town -- but each is doomed to failure. Her tradition-loving husband is not interested in an independent wife. And then one day Guida appears at the door with her young son and a terrible story of hardship and abandonment.
9781786071729 178607172X 9781786072986 178607298X
Sisters--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Fiction.
Black humor.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
Black humor.
Novels.
PQ9698.412.A835 / V5413 2017
869.3/5