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Boca do mundo : romance
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In this captivating debut novel, Dia Bárbara Nobre draws on true stories to create Urânia, a village in Northeast Brazil that, under the protection of the spirit of a murdered young woman, transforms into a refuge for women experiencing abuse and violence. Fleeing her past, Teresa stumbles upon the small village of Urânia, which soon reveals itself to be a land nourished by blood. The stranger doesn't know it, but legend has it that the town hides a mythological fire serpent that has rested for centuries in a hole sealed by a large stone. The region now houses a thriving trading post, thanks to the efforts and talents of Abigail, a woman seeking to start a new life free from the shackles of her strict father and the expected submission of marriage. There she establishes a small matriarchal society where everything thrives and bears fruit, and nothing escapes her control—except her daughter, Hermínia. The young woman, bewitched by the love of a wicked man, enters into a relationship that, fueled by jealousy, will culminate in her violent death. Her spirit, lost amidst so much hatred and injustice, begins to wander those lands seeking revenge, and Hermínia becomes the saint of the beaten women. Boca do Mundo (Mouth of the World) intertwines the lives of these three characters in a brutal and captivating plot about the daily violence to which women are subjected, and also the possible ways to confront it and start life anew.
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