Eleven Minutes -- Paulo Coelho

<p><strong>"The book casts a curiously sweet spell." - <em>Entertainment Weekly</em></strong></p><p><em>Eleven Minutes</em> tells the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that "love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer." A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune, yet ends up working as a prostitute.</p><p>In Geneva, Maria's despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria must choose between pursuing a path of darkness--sexual pleasure for its own sake--or risking everything to find her own inner light and the possibility of true love.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Paulo Coelho<br><b>Publisher:</b> HarperOne<br><b>Published:</b> 08/03/2021<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.65lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780060589288<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Ingram Advance</i> 04/01/2005 pg. 70