Flesh and Bone and Water

As André’s marriage falls apart in London, he can’t help but look back to his youth in Brazil. It’s a childhood defined by the tragic early loss of his mother, the workaholic nature of his plastic-surgeon-to-thewealthy father and his nearly decade-younger brother, Thiago. But his recurring wine-soaked dreams of the past are not of those three; instead, he dreams of Luana, the stunning daughter of his family’s maid. An unexpected letter from Luana brings to the surface repressed and forgotten memories of their teenage years—and a different perspective of their comingof-age story that André is finding hard to let go. Flesh and Bone and Water (Scribner) by Luiza Sauma, $32.