In Your Hands

Written by Inês Pedrosa

Narrated by Rebecca Mozo

An internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel spanning three generations of women united in their struggle for independence and fulfillment against oppression.

Told from three different perspectives, this sweeping saga begins in 1935 Portugal, in the grip of Salazar’s authoritarian regime, where upper-class Jenny enters into an uncommon marriage with the beguiling António. Keeping up appearances, they host salons for the political and cultural elite. In private, Jenny, António, and his lover, Pedro, share a guarded triangle, build a profound relationship, and together raise a daughter born under the auspices of rebellion.

Thirty years later, their daughter, Camila, a photojournalist who has captured the revolutionary fervor and tragic loss of her family—and country—reminisces about a long-lost love in Southeast Africa. This memory shapes the future of her daughter, Natália, a successful architect, who begins an impassioned quest of her own. As she navigates Portugal’s complex past, Natália will discover herself in the two women whose mysteries and intimate intrigues have come to define her.

Through revealing journals, snapshots of a turbulent era, and private letters, the lives of three generations of women unfold, embracing all that has separated them and all that binds them—their strength, their secrets, and their search for love through the currents of change.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Translator: Andrea Rosenberg
• Release date: Oct 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543685985

Inês Pedrosa

Born in 1962, Inês Pedrosa earned a degree in communication sciences from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa before working in the press, on radio, and on television, earning several journalism awards. She was director of the Casa Fernando Pessoa museum from 2008 to 2014. Her weekly column in the Portuguese national newspaper Expresso was awarded the 2007 Prize for Parity for Citizenship and Gender Equality. She currently contributes to two culture-focused radio shows and a public television show, and also works as a literary translator, notably of the work of Milan Kundera. In 2017, she founded her own publishing house, Sibila. Pedrosa has published twenty-four books, including the prize-winning novels In Your Hands (winner of the 1997 Prémio Máxima de Literatura in Portugal), Eternity and Desire (finalist for the 2009 Portugal Telecom Award and the 2010 Prémio Correntes d’Escritas), and The Intimates (winner of the 2012 Prémio Máxima de Literatura). Her work has been published in Brazil, Spain, Italy, Croatia, and Germany. In Your Hands is her English-language debut.

Reviews for In Your Hands

[teachlz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “In Your Hands” by Ines Pedrosa, Translated by Andrea Rosenberg, @Amazon Crossing October 16, 2018Ines Pedrosa, Author of “In Your Hands” has written a unique, expressive, political story told by three female narratives. The novel was translated by Andrea Rosenberg. The Genres for this book are Fiction, Women’s Fiction, and Historical Fiction. The author writes about “the struggle of independence and fight against oppression”. The timeline of the novel starts in Portugal in 1935.There are three generations of women in this family up to the present that tell each side of their story.The author describes her dysfunctional cast of characters as complex and complicated. In 1935, Jenny marries Antonio, not aware that Antonio’s love is Pedro. Jenny conveys her thoughts through a journal. The three live together which is certainly not a conventional way of living in this time era. The reader gets to see the Political unrest throughout the years.During a period of rebellion, Pedro has a daughter with another woman, and gives the daughter to Jenny to raise, after the woman dies. Camilla is brought up by Jenny as her daughter, and is brought up in Jenny’s home with Antonio and Pedro. Camilla tells her story of life through the lens of a camera, just like her birth mother had. During her career as a photo-journalist, she has a relationship and Natalia is born. Natalia is concerned with architecture, and looks how to piece things together. Natalia communicates by letters to her now deceased Grandmother Jenny.This is a heavy,thought -provoking , serious read, with some tones of melancholy interjected. There is a search for love, freedom, peace and hope. It is the story of the three generation women’s struggle. I would recommend this novel for those readers who enjoy a story that leaves you thinking after you are finished with it.