LEITE DO PEITO

by Geni Guimarães

Livro de contos com referências autobiográficas que narra de forma tocante as lembranças de uma menina negra crescendo e se fazendo mulher. O sonho de ser professora e o amor da família são as forças que ela tem contra as dificuldades financeiras, os preconceitos e ainda ser amiga e defensora da irmã deficiente mental.

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Published November 19, 2024

About the author

Geni Guimarães began publishing poems in literary career paper in town of Barra Bonita, in the State of São Paulo. The first book, Terceiro Filho, was released in 1979. In early 1980, approached the Black Movement and his works began to reletir the concern with the Afro-Brazilian culture.

Wrote short stories for the magazine Cadernos Negros and in 1989 published A Cor da Ternura, novel that received the award Adolfo Aisen.