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The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles
4.0
4 Star Review!
The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles is the story of female friendship over a lifetime. Graca and Dores meet as children. One the spoiled daughter of a plantation owner and the other a orphan working in the kitchen of the plantation. As the years pass by they develop a friendship with one another. Though in many ways it is often a flawed and one-sided friendship, fraught with competition and rivalry.
I would compare this story to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets Samba. I was swept into the story, and the world of these two young women as the navigated Brazil together and the world of music. Their friendship is by no means perfect. At several points I actually wished that Dores would let go of what she tried so hard to keep. Regardless, this story was a beautiful character study of these two women and the opportunities that came their way. I loved the format of the book, as Dores told their story both in present day and in through their past.
Read this book if you love history, music, and stories with strong female characters.
The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles is the story of female friendship over a lifetime. Graca and Dores meet as children. One the spoiled daughter of a plantation owner and the other a orphan working in the kitchen of the plantation. As the years pass by they develop a friendship with one another. Though in many ways it is often a flawed and one-sided friendship, fraught with competition and rivalry.
I would compare this story to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets Samba. I was swept into the story, and the world of these two young women as the navigated Brazil together and the world of music. Their friendship is by no means perfect. At several points I actually wished that Dores would let go of what she tried so hard to keep. Regardless, this story was a beautiful character study of these two women and the opportunities that came their way. I loved the format of the book, as Dores told their story both in present day and in through their past.
Read this book if you love history, music, and stories with strong female characters.