false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg 147039 32 It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her first husband’s amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights. 913065 1966 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands total:468|5:151|4:182|3:96|2:29|1:9| 468 1843 689 54 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 4 3 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 11:41:25 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 08:03:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1182499 1852427108 9781852427108 2 1 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181703070m/1182499.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1182499.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 2 0 false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 05:38:36 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 05:39:42 -0800 2009 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is a novel about a cooking teacher whose first husband is a charming lowlife, who is always disappearing in search of wine, women, song and roulette, and her second marriage to an upright, responsible, devoted pharmacist who, for all his good qualities, is duller and m...more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 1 false Sun Jan 04 13:31:54 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 13:44:59 -0800 2009 My first grown-up book....since then, I've always had a soft spot for anything Brazilian, as well as, most of Amado's books.
I, personally, like the little 'side trips' into some of the 'minor' characters. His...more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 1 0 false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 12 11:32:25 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 05:53:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 3 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 03:29:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 08:08:11 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 4 0 false Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 09:18:24 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 05:27:03 -0800 2009 2 The original Portuguese version is pretty much different.
I loved all those 'Brazilian Insults' how I loved Dona Rozilda and her terrible tongue. Although everyone hated her, I loved those insults.
Vadinho s...more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Sun Apr 19 17:44:02 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 20:00:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 4 1 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Mar 09 06:34:56 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 09 06:41:29 -0800 2007 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 0 false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 13:20:01 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 08:34:04 -0700 2009 1 So I went here to Goodreads searching for some lights and I saw "Dona Flor e os seus dois maridos" with some great reviews. One of them said:
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Dona Flor é a história de uma...more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 01 08:33:03 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 08:41:14 -0800 2009
This fabulous novel takes man's eternal struggle between the madonna and the whore and flips it on its head! A witty and wise "parable" of the dangers of getting what you want, learning what you wa...more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 3 0 false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 08:33:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 08:41:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat Jan 05 16:46:24 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 16:46:24 -0800 2008
I was going to read more books by the author, but then I noticed the title of one of...more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Fri May 08 13:09:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:25:34 -0700 2009 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 4 0 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 04 15:55:45 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 22 10:30:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 0 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Dec 09 15:52:34 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 15:54:22 -0800 2008 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 03:42:54 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 03:44:42 -0700 2009 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 0 0 false Fri Sep 25 08:30:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:33:49 -0700 2009 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 02:05:09 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 15:49:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 147039 0307276643 9780307276643 415 47 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172183808m/147039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147039.Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands 5 0 false Mon Jul 16 10:55:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 11:05:53 -0700 2007 I read most of Jorge Amado's books in Hebrew, before moving to Brazil, so his Portugese never stood on my way...
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