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An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America.

Vaz''s work is gorgeous at every levelsinging sentences and pull-you-in plot. She is the real thing, an American treasure. Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage

John Alves, son of a famous Presbyterian martyr on the Portuguese island of Madeira, spends his childhood in jail and in poverty. When he meets Mary Freitasthough the adopted daughter of a master botanist, her true lineage is the subject of dangerous rumora spark kindles a lasting bond. But soon their families must confront the rising blood tide of warfare between Catholics and Protestants. Fleeing with only what they can carry, John and Mary are separated and arrive at different times and places in a rapidly growing and changing mid-nineteenth-century Illinois.

Years later, John sett

Above the Salt

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      Publisher Flatiron Books
      Published 7 November 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250873811
      978-1250873811
      ISBN-10 1250873819

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America.

      Vaz''s work is gorgeous at every levelsinging sentences and pull-you-in plot. She is the real thing, an American treasure. Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage

      John Alves, son of a famous Presbyterian martyr on the Portuguese island of Madeira, spends his childhood in jail and in poverty. When he meets Mary Freitasthough the adopted daughter of a master botanist, her true lineage is the subject of dangerous rumora spark kindles a lasting bond. But soon their families must confront the rising blood tide of warfare between Catholics and Protestants. Fleeing with only what they can carry, John and Mary are separated and arrive at different times and places in a rapidly growing and changing mid-nineteenth-century Illinois.

      Years later, John sett

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