![]() ![]() I had previously read Coelho’s The Alchemist and was not enthralled. And still, I was captivated by Maria and her journey. There were several times when I thought that Coelho really doesn’t know women at all. ![]() She explores her sexuality in ways she never expected and thinks long and hard about the meaning of love and whether it really exists. She opens a bank account and saves for her eventual return to Brazil, where she plans to buy a farm for her parents. ![]() She starts going to the library and reads up on a wide variety of topics. Yes, of course, Maria winds up a prostitute and not a famous movie actress, but she comes to understand much about herself and the world. Well this went in a direction I wasn’t expecting. On a trip to Rio de Janeiro she meets a “businessman” who promises her fame and fortune in Switzerland. She works in a drapery firm, where she fends off her boss. Her first love leaves her heartbroken and she becomes convinced that she is destined to never find true love. 3.5*** Maria is a young girl form a small Brazilian town. ![]()
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