I know nothing about love

When she went down to the stream, mantilla on her head and heart pounding, Maria da Glória never dreamed that this chance encounter with the village man would mark her life forever. She hoped to leave with an announced courtship and perhaps even a wedding date. She left in a hurry, her clothes bloody, her guts churning, and the seed of Maria da Purificação in her womb. The destiny of the women of this family was set, in which the words pleasure, affection, passion, and love would forever remain a mystery. Television presenter Júlia Pinheiro makes her literary debut with a surprising and passionate story about four women who know nothing about love. Throughout these pages, we do not sigh with love, we are not thrilled by cases of overwhelming passion, nor do we cry over happy marriages. We are taken on a family saga that begins in the 1930s, where feelings were a misfortune and pleasure a disgrace. I Know Nothing About Love paints a portrait of a society and a country over almost 70 years of history, through the eyes of Maria Glória, the grandmother, Maria da Purificação, the divorced daughter, Ana Clara, the single mother granddaughter, and Benedita, the great-granddaughter, who, despite all expectations, does not marry any Prince Charming.