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Altogether,his daughter Isaura and her husband Benedito produced twenty-two children, many of whom died between the ages of three days and one year. In April 1919 Maximiniano de Souza left his hometown of Cristelos in the parish of Louzada, in northern Portugal and immigrated to Brazil. He was fourteen years old when he found himself aboard the ship SS. Santa Maria on a voyage to meet his father. Maximiniano de Souza would never see any of his female relatives again. Isaura and Benedito were struggling to survive and keep the family together. It didn’t help that Benedito had started to drink heavily. During this period they were living off donations from friends and neighbours - and the babies kept on coming. While Growing up, Sarah shared some of the household duties but life wasn’t easy for Sarah, insufficient food, father always drunk, mother always pregnant and the poor future prospects, due to a lack of education as Isaura took Sarah out of school at the earliest opportunity, when she was only 8 years old, to start work on the streets Tanya's baby was a boy, but from the neck to his leg, he was furry as a monkey and his face and feet were similar to a bird. Selina was well known for possessing a very short temper because of the stress of her home life. She had to take on a lot of responsibility, though she wasn’t the eldest daughter. She liked to have the house clean and tidy and was very strict with her young siblings, who wouldn’t have received much guidance otherwise Orlando caught Poliomyelitis when as a child and he had severe learning difficulties. The tasks of feeding, cleaning and generally caring for him fell largely to his brother and sisters because Isaura and Benedito couldn’t afford to pay for specialized medical attention or nursing for him. Jurema always believe that she would be the luckiest woman in Lar de Isaura, but she was wrong, it was the worse she could get In Lar de Isaura during the 80s was one of the best times in the girl’s lives, most of the children were grown up, new children have arrived and life went on. Everyone used to wake up early, Isaura’s morning home made black coffee was the best in the world, made in an old fashioned way Tales from Lar de Isaura is based on a true story . It tell the story of Isaura de Souza and her descendants, from 1919 until 2012. this book is about her struggles in life, and the domestic abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband. It also tell the life of Isaura's surviving children and her grandchildren.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1502967316
- ISBN 13 9781502967312
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages232
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