BRAZIL’S #1 BEST-SELLING LITERARY SENSATION The seductive and shocking story of a twisted love triangle, It’s All River flows through the rapids of humanity. “Lucy was a virgin-whore. A dreamer. She wanted to test her power. She wanted men to fast for her, to grovel, to pay tithes.” Lusted after by everyone she meets, Lucy is the town’s most deviant and desired whore―and proud of it. But there is only one man who has captured her attention: the somber, ever-suffering Venâncio, a carpenter with a dark secret―and a wife. Once upon a time, Venâncio and Dalva, his angelic teenage sweetheart, were a shining example of marital bliss and the envy of all their neighbors―until tragedy left them estranged in their own home. But Venâncio doesn’t desire Lucy the way other men in town do. In fact, he wants nothing to do with her. And if Lucy fails in seducing Venâncio, what becomes of her? Consumed by an insatiable need for Venâncio and driven mad by a growing obsession with Dalva, Lucy makes a decision that forever changes their three lives. Introducing one of Brazil’s most daring and best-selling authors to English-language readers, and masterfully translated by Alison Entrekin, It’s All River is a taut, provocative allegory of violence and forgiveness that grips and stuns the whole way through. "Horrifying yet tender, hypnotic and bursting with life, It’s All River has all the makings of a modern classic." ― Virginia Feito, author of Victorian Psycho and Mrs. March "A breath of fresh air." ― Rascunho , Brazil "A gripping and spellbinding novel." ― L'actualité , France "With It’s All River , Carla Madeira competes for a place among the best writers in the country.?.?.?. The prose is poetic without being corny, and each word arrives at the right time. An increasingly rare skill. Everything flows." ― O Globo , Brazil "One of the effects of It’s All River is this: it pushes us. It makes us want to share it.?.?.?. And it clings to our skin." ― Cristina , Portugal "Pure Dynamite." ― Elle , Italy Carla Madeira is one of Brazil’s best-selling authors, her novels having sold a combined one million copies. Her debut, Tudo é rio (It’s All River) , topped the bestseller charts for two years and has been published or is forthcoming in seven countries. Alison Entrekin is an award-winning literary translator from the Portuguese who has translated many of Brazil’s most beloved writers. She lives in Australia and Brazil.