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Publisher's summary
“A lush depiction of privilege and power, sex and stability...following three women in São Paulo.... It Is Wood, It Is Stone is an elegant arrival of a new talent.” (Elle)
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Good Housekeeping • Marie Claire • Harper’s Bazaar • Publishers Weekly
With sharp, gorgeous prose, It Is Wood, It Is Stone takes place over the course of a year in São Paulo, Brazil, in which two women’s lives intersect.
Linda, an anxious and restless American, has moved to São Paulo, with her husband, Dennis, who has accepted a yearlong professorship. As Dennis submerges himself in his work, Linda finds herself unmoored and adrift, feeling increasingly disassociated from her own body. Linda’s unwavering and skilled maid, Marta, has more claim to Linda’s home than Linda can fathom. Marta, who is struggling to make sense of complicated history and its racial tensions, is exasperated by Linda’s instability. One day, Linda leaves home with a charismatic and beguiling artist, whom she joins on a fervent adventure that causes reverberations felt by everyone, and ultimately binds Marta and Linda in a profoundly human, and tender, way.
An exquisite debut novel by young Brazilian-American author Gabriella Burnham, It Is Wood, It Is Stone is about women whose romantic and subversive entanglements reflect on class and colorism, sexuality, and complex, divisive histories.
Critic reviews
“It Is Wood, It Is Stone is a fever dream of a book; absolutely captivating and wonderfully destabilizing. I could not put it down. It is about uprootedness, class and color, and sex. It is about women on the verge - of collapse, of escape, of self-knowledge - failing and flailing and propping one another up. It is a book about the limits of propriety and the boundlessness of grace. Burnham is a writer of such remarkable insight, it’s impossible to believe this is her debut.” (Justin Torres, author of We the Animals)
“An absorbing and remarkably assured debut, It Is Wood, It Is Stone marries taut, cinematic suspense with intimate, textured domestic realism. Hits a major refresh button on the genre of psychological thriller and gives us something immensely satisfying and new.” (Jordy Rosenberg, author of Confessions of the Fox)
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Rosemary Rabourne is already struggling to pay the bills when her recently orphaned half sister, Wendy, shows up at her door. Rosemary will try anything to provide for the traumatized teenager—including offering her services as a high-end escort. Leo Glass is the billionaire CEO of a revolutionary social app. He wants the “girlfriend experience”—someone contractually obligated to love him—and he thinks he’s found the perfect match in Rosemary.
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Tourists think they see the real Charleston, but Simons Smythe knows there’s more to her hometown than sweet tea and Southern hospitality. Behind the walled gardens, inside the fabled historic homes, live Charleston’s elite. Simons was born into this powerful aristocracy that has quietly ruled the city for centuries.
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So good that I'm writing my first Audible review!
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A young woman sits in jail, accused of the mercy killing of her dying mother. She didn't do it, but she thinks she knows who did. In the last months of her life, Ellen Gulden's mother revealed startling secrets that challenged everything Ellen believed about her family. Now, in jail, Ellen believes those secrets will tell her who had the courage to end her mother's suffering.
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Quindlen's writing skills shine in One True Thing.
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My absolute favorite book of all time
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Tenement Life From a Child's Point of View
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- Jane Bourette
- 12-30-20
Sweet story
Really enjoyed this book. Well written and flowed. Highly recommend. Putting on my recommendation list
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- Nicole Bill
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Amazing setting and narration
The narrator was excellent, her Portuguese accent was perfect and helped transport me to São Paolo. The story was enchanting, a little slow at first tbh and I felt the main character was unlikeable at times, but I really grew to love each character and was eager to hear how their stories ended!
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- 08-07-20
Warm, sweet tropics
I felt transported back to the tropics—sensual, a bit wild, and poignant. I loved the reader and highly recommend this book along with a rum punch!
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- Julie A. Twomey
- 10-28-20
Strong start - disappointing ending
The story was intriguing at the beginning but I found myself getting bored and I struggled to finish.
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- C. T.
- 07-19-24
No story
I got this because I’m a Brazilian who lives in the US and I’m always curious about new Brazilian voices. This novel was highly recommended but it’s not really a story; it just feels like a character piece. I kept waiting for something to happen and at no point was I given anything worth sinking my teeth into.
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- Wendy L. Murrell
- 08-12-20
Underwhelmed
No real story line that gets you engaged. The writer has a wonderful skill of describing scenes but lacks a story.
The narrators voice just didn’t do it for me, it just seemed dull.
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- Lily
- 05-25-23
Couldn’t get past an hour
The storyline was boring and Linda kept referring to her husband as “you” which I personally can not stand. No depth to characters.
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