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As raízes na água

As raízes na água

Vincenza Lorusso

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Borè srl
Año de edición:
2025
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9791224034117
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Vincenza é uma médica voluntária italiana. Na Guatemala, após um ano de trabalho, em 22 de fevereiro de 1995, ela sofre uma tentativa de assassinato: fragmentos de uma bala atingem sua cabeça. Ela sobrevive por um milagre e retorna à Itália. Alguns meses depois, descobre que está grávida. Sua família de origem, de uma pequena cidade no sul da Itália, não aceita sua condição e a renega. Vincenza, por escolha própria, não se casa com o pai, rompe com a família e decide criar a filha sozinha: uma menina muito doce que ela chama de Emily. Por cerca de vinte anos, ela cuida de pessoas em algumas das áreas mais pobres do mundo: Tanzânia, Moçambique, Angola, Brasil... Ela volta para a Itália, Emily já é adulta, Vincenza trabalha em um hospital público e escreve sua biografia: uma história de amor desesperado e antigo que Vincenza oferece aos pacientes e exige dos amantes, plena e indispensável. Uma história em que o amor é sempre uma questão de vida ou morte.

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