Despite Everything... (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781088251942)

In this new novel, the lifestyle of hard-working and humble people changes completely after a family secret that raises doubts and reveals prejudices comes to light.

With complex characters, complex life stories, omissions, love and rancor are some of the ingredients that challenge the reader to immerse themselves in this captivating plot.

It all starts when Margaret, a housekeeper for a wealthy family in Rio de Janeiro, has an affair with Anderson, a 14-year-old boy, the son of her employers, and she ends up getting pregnant. Rebels, Bernadette and Graciliano dismiss her and forbid her son to take on the child. Desperate, Margaret indulges in drink while still pregnant, and when the child is born, she wanders the city not knowing what to do. She ends up leaving it in a dumpster. She repented, hours later, she goes in search of the child, who had already been found by Clementina and Leontina, God-fearing sisters. Desperate, Margaret walks into the first bar she sees and is kicked out for not having any money. She dies run over near the place where she abandoned her son. Not realizing that she had disincarnated, Margaret enlists the help of Felix, a companion of hers from her past lives, to understand what happened.

Through intricate and surprising ways, Margaret's story is intertwined with Clementina's and other characters. The fate of Marcos Wellington, the son abandoned by one and adopted by the other, is just beginning to be traced. He will find love, but he will face social and racial prejudice, as well as jealousy, envy and revenge. He and other characters will also discover the true meaning of forgiveness and freedom of choice between them. The difficulties that life imposes will serve to show that the effort of the soul for the good always brings rewards. The greatest prize is the people conquered and with whom the true value of life is discovered.