Books written by Frances De Pontes Peebles

  • A costureira e o cangaceiro

    A costureira e o cangaceiro

  • The Air You Breathe: A Novel
    The Air You Breathe: A Novel

    " -People The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other. Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate.

  • The Seamstress
    The Seamstress

    Emília and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned when they are children, grow up under the protection of their aunt in the hillside village of Taquaritinga, Brazil.

  • The Seamstress: A Novel
    The Seamstress: A Novel

    Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction As seamstresses, the young sisters EmÍlia and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, mend, and conceal—useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons ...

  • The Seamstress: A Novel
    The Seamstress: A Novel

    These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents in the cross fire.