
Once Upon a Time in Rio
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Once upon a time there was some rice. Rice planted in the earth, fallen from the sky, and gathered up from the stone. Rice that doesn't spoil, it came from far away, by ship with three exuberant young people filled with dreams...
Once Upon a Time in Rio is a spellbinding family saga beginning with José Custódio and Maria Romana and their search for a prosperous future. As newlyweds, José and Maria immigrated to Brazil at the beginning of the twentieth century, accompanied by a special gift. During the dinner preparations to celebrate their centenary wedding anniversary, their eldest son Antonio, already a grandfather, looks back at the lives of his parents, his aunt, his brothers, their children and grandchildren, as well as his own.
Antonio knows that family is a difficult dish to get right and that happiness must be cooked up day by day; however, what separates his family from any other is its possession of a secret ingredient for happiness: the sack of magical rice given to his parents on their wedding day. With the help of the rice, whose magic is as old as fire and time, Antonio's family has been guided through the most trying of life's tribulations.
Lyrically written, Once Upon a Time in Rio bares the fragile yet strong nature of the human spirit and with great insight captures the solace provided by loved ones in times of need. Already an international bestseller, this is a beautifully told tale about the wisdom of past generations and the inextricable ties of family.
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- Intro
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: Family Is a Difficult Dish to Get Right
- Chapter 2: The Wedding Present
- Chapter 3: Bernardo and a Bit of Rosário
- Chapter 4: The Measures of Love
- Chapter 5: The Sea Has Iodine, It Can Cure You
- Chapter 6: Books or Multiplication Tables?
- Chapter 7: The Agreement
- Chapter 8: Where Is Everybody? Where Are You?
- Chapter 9: The Fourth Chair
- Chapter 10: My Aunt, My Father's Sister
- Chapter 11: My Sister and Brothers, and Me
- Chapter 12: Isabel
- Chapter 13: Bags Packed
- Chapter 14: Portuguese Stones
- Chapter 15: Salt-Cod Rice
- Chapter 16: Where R U?
- Chapter 17: Just Because
- Chapter 18: The Owner of the Rice
- Chapter 19: We Need Dialogue
- Chapter 20: A Dream Is a Dream, Reality Is Reality
- Chapter 21: Blood
- Chapter 22: Sacred Rituals
- Chapter 23: First Night
- Chapter 24: A Pencil Behind the Ear
- Chapter 25: Back to Being Eighty-Eight
- Chapter 26: Lentil Rice (to be prepared with devotion)
- Chapter 27: Nuno and Rosário
- Chapter 28: Each of Us Follows His Own Course
- Chapter 29: Visitors and Houseguests
- Chapter 30: Saudade
- Chapter 31: The Yes and the No
- Chapter 32: The Invisible and the Nonexistent
- Chapter 33: Santo Antonio Da União
- Chapter 34: An Unexpected Meeting
- Chapter 35: Extremes
- Chapter 36: Flowers
- Chapter 37: Maria Romana and Palma
- Chapter 38: Power, and Flowers
- Chapter 39: Twigs
- Chapter 40: The Inheritance
- Chapter 41: Those Who Complain, and Those Who Say Thank You
- Chapter 42: The Importance of Today
- Chapter 43: Someplace Pleasant
- Chapter 44: The Possible
- Chapter 45: Shock
- Chapter 46: Blessing or Curse?
- Chapter 47: A Different Path
- Chapter 48: Nuno, 1968
- Chapter 49: Does Rosário Rhyme with Mário?
- Chapter 50: Divorces, Separations, and Partings
- Chapter 51: Letters and Pens
- Chapter 52: Another Rice
- Chapter 53: The Pudding Turned out Perfectly
- Chapter 54: Tu Andvocê
- Chapter 55: Birds
- Chapter 56: Rag Dolls
- Chapter 57: The Best Thing about Parties
- Chapter 58: Portugal Revisited
- Chapter 59: Elephant and Praying Mantis
- A Time Line
- About Francisco Azevedo
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