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Dona Flor e seus dais maridos

Pages
640
Published
1985
Language
English

Synopsis

Dona Flor, a culinary instructor in Bahia, finds herself a widow after her free-spirited first husband, Vadinho, dies during Carnival. She soon remarries a respectable pharmacist, but her domestic bliss is interrupted when Vadinho's ghost returns, eager to rekindle their passionate, if chaotic, past. This story explores love, desire, and the choices a woman makes between stability and wild abandon.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Death Of A Parent

Characters

Dona FlorProtagonist
VadinhoSupporting
All characters in Dona Flor e seus dais maridos