Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction As seamstresses, the young sisters Emilia and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, mend, and conceal--useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros , trapping innocent residents in the crossfire.
Quick-tempered Luzia also longs for escape, finding it in her.
Emilia, a naive romantic, dreams of falling in love with a gentleman and escaping to a big city.
Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award for Fiction As seamstresses, the young sisters Emilia and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, mend, and conceal--useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros , trapping innocent residents in the crossfire
