The Air You Breathe

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.Skinny, nine year old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when in walks a girl who changes everything Gra a, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, is clever, well fed, pretty, and thrillingly ill behaved Born to wildly different worlds, Dores and Gra a quickly bond over shared mischief, and then, on a deeper level, over music.One has a voice like a songbird the other feels melodies in her soul and composes lyrics to match Music will become their shared passion, the source of their partnership and their rivalry, and for each, the only way out of the life to which each was born But only one of the two is destined to be a star Their intimate, volatile bond will determine each of their fortunes and haunt their memories.Traveling from Brazil s inland sugar plantations to the rowdy streets of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro, from Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood back to the irresistible drumbeat of home, The Air You Breathe unfurls a moving portrait of a lifelong friendship its unparalleled rewards and lasting losses and considers what we owe to the relationships that shape our lives. New Read The Air You Breathe By Frances de Pontes Peebles For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 4 nobody puts Samba in a corner stars We open with Dores an orphan living and working on a sugar plantation in Brazil To say she s had a rough go of it would the the understatement of the year Graca is the new owners daughter she is charming, lively, spunky, sassy, incredibly willful and privileged and spoiled to a fault Dores and Graca form an unlikely and unshakable bond that will carry them through the hardships of the 1930s and 40s in Brazil and Hollywood Through the rise and fal 4 nobody puts Samba in a corner stars We open with Dores an orphan living and working on a sugar plantation in Brazil To say she s had a rough go of it would the the understatement of the year Graca is the new owners daughter she is charming, lively, spunky, sassy, incredibly willful and privileged and spoiled to a fault Dores and Graca form an unlikely and unshakable bond that will carry them through the hardships of t...4.5 Drawn in by the sights and sounds of the 1920 s in Brazil and set againt the background of samba music, this is the story of two young girls, who against all odds become successful Two young women, Dores and Graca, raised in very different circumstances, but become friends, each other s inspiration and eventual downfall Their journey , the people they meet, an amazing story to follow, so much history followed in the time period when they are evolving as musicians and don t writers.The musi 4.5 Drawn in by the sights and sounds of the 1920 s in Brazil and set againt the background of samba music, this is the story of two young girls, who against all odds become successful Two young women, Dores and Graca, raised in very different circumstances, but become friends, each other s inspiration and eventual downfall Their journey , the people they meet, an amazing story to follow, so much history followed in the time period when they are evolving as musicians and don t writers.The music, incredible lyrics, the descriptions, the emotions, want and need almost viscerally felt by this reader The descriptions of the places, their costumes, a book where I felt as if I was part of their journey, rather than just witnessing their struggles and suc...samba a Brazilian dance of African origin with a basic pattern of step close step close and characterized by a dip and spring upward at each beat of the music also the music for this dance Merriam Webster dictionary online I felt as if this story was like a samba as it too was characterized by dips and upward springs in the lives of two complex characters as they stepped through their lives, their journey from a sugar cane plantation in Brazil to the streets and clubs of Rio, to Hollywoo samba a Brazilian dance of African origin with a basic pattern of step close step close and characterized by a dip and spring upward at each beat of the music also the music for this dance Merriam Webster dictionary online I felt as if this story was like a samba as it too was characterized by dips and upward springs in the lives of two complex characters as they stepped through their lives, their journey from a sugar cane plantation in Brazil to the streets and clubs of Rio, to Hollywood It s so well written, we are taken there to these places where a complicated friendship grows and flourishes as these two women step together at times and away at others Dores, an orphan with no real identity other than as a kitchen girl becomes the unlikely friend of Graca, born to a family of means who now own the sugar plantation As young girls they discover music when Graca s mother takes them to a concert This is the beginning for them, leading them to their destinies as artists, each ...This was a beautifully written book I really felt like the author transported me to 1930s Brazil and with such an emphasis on music, the book had a lyrical quality From the get go it was easy to get caught up in nine year old Dores s story line She s an orphan on a sugar plantation and for the most part she is forced to take care of herself She develops an unlikely friendship with Graca, the daughter of the plantation owner The two are complete opposites but develop a bond over their love o This was a beautifully written book I really felt like the author transported me to 1930s Brazil and with such an emphasis on music, t...Why I Love Itby Diane GuerreroAs a child, my life was full of uncertainty, and expressing myself through art was one of the things that made me feel most alive I remember listening to Kaoma s La Lambada as a kid, and feeling excited by the way it connected familiar melodies with sounds that were entirely new I couldn t understand it at the time, but to me those sounds represented the connectivity between human beings They made me realize that music has the power to bring peop...I had a hard time with the first 75ish pages of this book But after Graca and Dor head out on their own, I absolutely fell in love I devoured this book, which is saying a lot considering it s hefty has a lot of meat to the writing Highly recommend for fellow lovers of historical fiction.The Air You Breathe describes a friendship that starts on a sugar plantation in Brazil, moves to the world of samba in Rio, and then Hollywood, and then back home It is narrated by Dores, the orphaned servant of Graca Graca and Dores Grace and Sorrow Friends, yes, but the friendship is dysfunctional A friendship not soft and warm, but hard and full of sharp edges I did not hate the book, but did not really like it either The story did not follow in a readable linear fashion and it frequ The Air You Breathe describes a friendship that starts on a sugar plantation in Brazil, moves to the world of samba in Rio, and then Hollywood, and then back home It is narrated by Dores, the orphaned servant of Graca Graca and Dores Grace and Sorrow Friends, yes, but the friendship is dysfunctional A friendship not soft and warm, but hard and full of sharp edges I did not hate the book, but did not really like it either The story did not follow in a readable linear fashion and it frequently diverted from the plot into ramblings of thought by Dor Many times Dor alluded to Graca s early death That was annoying, but, ironically, it did keep me reading the book to see how this untimely death occurred Music is a central theme of their time in Rio The friends go from hand to mouth poor to famous celebrities Dor writes the lyrics Graca, the beauty, performs The ...4 stars Thank you to Penguin s First to Read and Riverhead books for a chance to read and review this ARC Publishes Aug 21, 2018 You never know what you will get when you dive into a book written about another culture But in this case, I am so very happy that I took the dip The writing and prose in this book took you right into the 1930 s Brazilian experience It s music, it s culture, it s place in history all came alive Then as the protagonists traveled to Hollywood in the 1940 s, the his 4 stars Thank you to Penguin s First to Read and Riverhead books for a chance to read and review this ARC Publishes Aug 21, 2018 You never know what you will get when you dive into a book written about another culture But in this case, I am so very happy that I took the dip The writing and prose in this book took you right into the 1930 s Brazilian experience It s music, it s culture, it s place in history all came alive Then as the protagonists traveled to Hollywood in the 1940 s, the history of that time period came through vividly Told in the words of the elderly Dores, she began her story during her childhood in the hills of Brazil on a sugar plantation Dores and her Mistress Garca strike out for Rio de Janeiro to make it big as singers From Rio they travel to Hollywood Dores ended up in the background, Garca ended up as the star Dores wrote the music that brought Gar...SEX, DRUGS SAMBAAuthor, Frances De Pontes Peeples delivers the history of the Samba s rise from hills of Brazil and the songs of the slaves on the sugar plantations to the popularizing of this sound that is uniquely a Brazilian export Dores and Graca run away from their life and future female roles in an attempt to make it big in radio Instead they shine brighter playing in the biggest Rio nightclubs and making top selling records and as they r...This story is so muchthan just Brazil, Samba, and two girls journey through it It s a heartbreaking experience reaching from martyrdom, to heart wrenching selfishness that pulls you apart and it drive your further into the story I didn t know much about the musics origin, but here the illustration wines you through dark streets in smoke filled music halls to feel the music rather than hear it.The girls develop along with their musical lifeline, and bring a story to life as vivid as it is This story is so muchthan just Brazil, Samba, and two girls journey through it It s a heartbreaking experience reaching from martyrdom, to heart wrenching selfishness that pulls you apart and it drive your further into the story I didn t know much about the musics origin, but here the illustration wines you through dark streets in smoke filled music halls to feel the music rather than hear it.The ...

• English
• 13 August 2018
Frances de Pontes Peebles
• Hardcover
• 464 pages
• 0735210993
• Frances de Pontes Peebles
• The Air You Breathe