Audio
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Words & Pictures
Uma Cotovia Nova on Blurb [book]
Lisbon, June 1933. The wind off the river carries the scent of salt and diesel into the Café Luzitânia, a sanctuary for dockworkers, sailors, and shadows. Enter Mica Nolasco, a ‘new lark’ exiled from Macau, who sings Fado to survive in a city that is both beautiful and hard. Under the watchful eye of the secret police and the guidance of a woman who knows how to hide in plain sight, Mica navigates a night where ‘joy pays better than sorrow’. A visual journey through smoke, memory, and the quiet defiance of a woman who refuses to lose her voice.