{"product_id":"9781786073372","title":"The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao","description":"\u003cb\u003eBeguiling.... \u003ci\u003eHas all that much changed? \u003c\/i\u003e we can hear the author sighing between the breathless pauses of her fable-like saga.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed by \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e as One of 9 Fall Book Debuts by Women You're Going to Want to Read Immediately:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"You're going to love it. Batalha takes you through nearly 100 years of life in Rio de Janeiro.... filled with intrigue, mystery, sadness, and a whole lot of strong female leads, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao isn't a novel to miss this season.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Top 28 Fiction Books for Fall 2017 by \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best 18 Books to Read This Fall by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Humorous and exuberant, this book is a rare treat!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The arc of this novel, the writing, the characters, are a joy to read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Book Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A worthy debut, full of wry humor\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e -- Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With sharp humor and pointed prose, Marta Batalha’s novel rebels against the patriarchal forces of her home country.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--World Literature Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuridice is young, beautiful and ambitious, but when her rebellious sister Guida elopes, she sets her own aspirations aside and vows to settle down as a model wife and daughter. And yet as her husband's professional success grows, so does Euridice's feeling of restlessness. She embarks on a series of secret projects from creating recipe books to becoming the most sought-after seamstress in town — but each is doomed to failure. Her tradition-loving husband is not interested in an independent wife. And then one day Guida appears at the door with her young son and a terrible story of hardship and abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly inventive, wickedly funny and keenly observed tale of two sisters who, surrounded by a cast of unforgettable characters, assert their independence and courageously carve a path of their own in 1940s Rio de Janeiro. A deeply human and truly unforgettable novel from one of the most exciting new voices in world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037743759600,"sku":"9781786073372","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786073372_p0.jpg?v=1763729569","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786073372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}