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A story of friendship, jealousy and creativity against backdrop of political repression in Brasil 1930s/40s. Dores and Gracas are unlikely friends drawn together by circumstances & their love of music. Peebles shows us the slums of Rio and 1940s Hollywood as we see the girls fortunes rise and fall. https://cannonballread.com/2023/09/the-air-you-breathe-a-novel-elcicco/