Reason to Live

Raquel was born on a ranch in a small town in Rio Grande do Sul. She lived with her father, mother, three brothers, and her grandfather, a rude, authoritarian Polish immigrant. On the neighboring property lived her uncle Ladislau, his wife, and their two daughters. Raquel's ordeal began at the age of nine, when she became the target of harassment by Ladislau—a calculating man who, despite his good...