Flesh and Bone and Water

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma, read by Charlie Anson and Kristin Atherton.

Brazilian-born doctor André Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from his home country, which he left nearly thirty years ago. A letter he keeps in his pocket for weeks, but tells no one about.

The letter prompts André to remember the days of his youth - torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments, his after-school job at his father's plastic surgery practice - and, above all, his secret infatuation with the daughter of his family's maid, the intoxicating Luana. Unable to resist the pull of the letter, André embarks on a journey back to Brazil to rediscover his past.

Critics Review

  • Her writing is beautiful. I am sure I’ll see her name on the spine of many a novel to come

    Rachel Sieffert, author of the Booker-shortlisted 'The Dark Room'

  • Sauma’s writing is sensual and evocative. Flesh and Bone and Water is a powerful depiction of sexual attraction and long lost loves; a haunting weave of Rio, the Amazon and present-day London

    Ardashir Vakil, award-winning author of 'Beach Boy'

  • Luiza Sauma’s debut novel is that rare thing: a completely absorbing, brilliantly-designed, literary work. Her ability to cut across time and continents and to inhabit the physical and inner life of both a young Brazilian and that same man in middle-age is as dazzling as the novel’s plot. The reveal, when it comes, is astonishing-sensuous, shocking, and completely earned.

    Anita Shreve, New York Times bestselling author of The Pilot's Wife

  • Luiza Sauma’s first novel, Flesh and Bone and Water, is lush and evocative. The secret at the center came as a shocking surprise, and the characters were as haunted as I was. Sip a caipirinha and enjoy

    Lisa See

  • I devoured this stunning debut by Luiza Sauma. An immersive, heartbreaking coming of age story. Beg, borrow or steal a copy

    Susie Steiner, author of 'Missing, Presumed'

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