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Temos de enfrentar os nossos fantasmas...pelo menos uma vez na vida. Na década de quarenta, Mercês Perestrello é dada como louca e afastada dos seus filhos. Nos anos sessenta, as gémeas Maria Teresa e Maria Luísa seguem caminhos opostos em busca da (mesma) felicidade. Quarenta anos depois, as primas Leonor e Naná desvendam segredos nunca antes imaginados. São três gerações de mulheres a desafiar os brandos costumes, mas apenas uma a descobrir a verdade. Num país em que a prudência aconselha a seguir a máxima uma coisa de que não se fala não existe, a vontade de subverter todas as regras irá mudar o destino de uma família. Excerto da obra "Confesso que cheguei a invejar-lhes a vida organizada e ordeira, os filhos sossegados e disciplinados, aquele modelo muito burguês, muito português suave, a que o Alexandre O'Neill chamava a alegria sonâmbula, a vírgula maníaca do modo funcionário de viver, tão morno, tão brando, tão baseado nas aparências e em tudo como deve ser, porque o parecer está ainda e sempre acima do ser, e o dever, acima do prazer, do sentir, de tudo."

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