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"Maria is a very beutifull and poor girl from a Brazilian city.
When she grows up and becomes aware of her beauty, she decides that she can make her living out of it and goes to Switzerland to be a Samba dancer. But, after breaking the rules imposed by the owner, she has to become a prostitute to survive in Geneva.

But, when she finally decided that love was not for her because it only made her suffer, she falls in love with a well known painter. "

Dana Samson, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Life of a profession: - prostitute/stripper/porn
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - prostitute
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
Europe Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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