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“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 (One of the Most Anticipated New Books of Summer)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 womens lives intersect.L“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 (One of the Most Anticipated New Books of Summer)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 womens 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. Lindas unwavering and skilled maid Marta has more claim to Lindas home than Linda can fathom. Marta who is struggling to make sense of complicated history and its racial tensions is exasperated by Lindas 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.(less)