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Angélica Lopes is a novelist, screenwriter, and journalist from Rio de Janeiro with over 20 years of experience in writing fiction. Her dramatic vein came from writing Brazilian soap operas, known worldwide for attracting millions of viewers daily. She is also an award-winning author of YA novels and has written scripts for cinema, TV series, and comedy shows. The Curse of the Flores Women is her first adult novel and was sold for translation in France and Italy even before being published in her native Brazil. Follow her on Instagram . In this interview, Angélica discusses the process of writing her new historical fiction novel, The Curse of the Flores Women , her hope for readers, and more! Name: Angélica Lopes Literary agent: LVB&Co Book title: The Curse of the Flores Women Publisher: Amazon Crossing Release date: July 24, 2024 Genre/category: Drama/Historical Elevator pitch: Eighteen-year-old Alice fights against the female oppression in Brazil when a family veil is passed down to her and she discovers it hides a secret code in the stitches of the lace about a case of domestic violence that happened 100 years before with her ancestors. Bookshop | Amazon [WD uses affiliate links.] What prompted you to write this book? I wanted to talk about a group of oppressed women who find a clever way to bypass the surveillance of their husbands: They invent code in the lace to send secret messages to each other through tablecloths, blankets, veils … I combined this initial plot idea with the desire to talk about the land of my ancestors in the interior of Brazil. A place and a time when conflicts were always resolved in a violent way. How long did it take to go from idea to publication? And did the idea change during the process? Four years, including the pandemic. As I was stuck at home, I was able to discipline myself to finish the book, which was already halfway done in 2019. Without the lockdown, it would have taken me an extra year or two since I work as a screenwriter and my workflow […]
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This week’s story, “ Between the Shadow and the Soul ,” is about a fifty-year-old woman named Eliza who has
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