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pickEmilia and Luzia were orphaned quite young and raised by their aunt. Their story here starts in 1928 when they are teens in inland #Brazil and follows their very different paths over the next 7 years. This book definitely takes its time and is long (600+ pages), but I was gripped from the start and just loved it. I feel like I learned some of Brazil‘s history, which I really enjoyed.
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Librarybelle Great review! This sounds fascinating! 10mo
BarbaraBB You‘re doing great again with the challenge 10mo
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB I‘m halfway through! Which is perfect for being halfway through the year. How‘s the challenge going for you? 10mo
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BarbaraBB I am not doing so well this year. I have a hard time finding books and don‘t want to buy as many as I did for Africa and Asia. I have to catch up soon though! 10mo
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Some of these countries are really tough. There are a handful I don‘t have any ideas for. We‘ll see what happens. It‘d be great if publishing would give us more access to books from around the world, but they just quite aren‘t to where I think many of us would like them to be. 10mo
BarbaraBB I so agree. The world would be a better place if we learned more about other countries then just the things politicians want us to know 10mo
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