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Se deus me chamar não vou

of Mariana Salomão Carrara

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Synopsis

Maria Carmem is the narrator of this book. An intelligent and lonely 11-year-old girl, going through “the worst age ever,” decides to write a book to recount “her year.” Between her often hostile school, turbulent home, and her family’s geriatric products store (or “old people’s store,” as she prefers to call it), Maria Carmem balances herself as best she can, seeking to understand the world around her, while observing an unusual transformation in her parents’ love life.

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why we recorded it

In this sensitive and humorous novel, a child's gaze and listening invite us to view the adult world with wonder, with its confusing and contradictory rules, but also with its often hidden beauty. Through her insightful writing, Mariana Salomão Carrara allows us to enter a house where everything seems out of place, in complete disarray, comparable only, perhaps, to the experience of being between childhood and adolescence. Maria Carmen is a captivating character, as sad as she is funny, and her story is masterfully embodied in the voice of Lorena Comparato in this audiobook edition, produced by Supersônica under an exclusive license from Editora Nós.

Mariana Salomão Carrara read by Lorena Comparato

Lorena Comparato is a Brazilian actress, producer, screenwriter, director, voice actress, creator, and presenter with an artistic career spanning over 18 years. She has won numerous international awards and has built a solid and multifaceted career in theater, film, and television, appearing in over 20 series, 10 theatrical performances, and 15 films. She has starred in critically acclaimed productions such as Impuros, Não Foi Minha Culpa (Disney+), Rensga Hits!, and Pé na Cova (Globo), as well as Samantha! (Netflix), Homens? (Prime Video). She is a graduate of PUC-Rio and participated in an exchange program at UCLA. She holds a master's degree in performing arts from EESC-SP. Born in Portugal and raised in Brazil, she is fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. She has been a member of the CIA de 4 artistic collective since 2011 and the Platino Award Filmmakers Community since 2022. In theater, she recently starred in Bonitinha Mas Ordinária, directed by Bruce Gomlevsky. In cinema, she has appeared in films such as Boca de Ouro, Regra 34, and Mate-me Por Favor. She is awaiting the 2026 release of the sixth season of Impuros, the film Advogado de Deus by Wagner de Assis, and the Netflix feature film inspired by the Elize Matsunaga case in which she starred.

author Mariana Salomão Carrara

Mariana Salomão Carrara is a writer and public defender from São Paulo, born in 1986. She has published a book of short stories (Delicada Uma de Nós – Off-Flip, 2015), and the novels Idílico (EI, 2007), Fadas e Copos No Canto da Casa (Quintal Edições, 2017), Se Deus Me Chamar Não Vou (Editora nós, 2019, among the 10 nominees for the 2020 Jabuti Award in Literary Fiction), É Sempre a Hora da Nossa Morte Amém (Editora Nós, 2021, finalist for the 2022 São Paulo Award and among the 10 nominees for the 2022 Jabuti Award), Não Fossem as Sílabas do Sábado (Todavia, June/2022, Winner of the 2023 São Paulo Award, Best Novel of the Year) and The Loneliest Tree in the World (Todavia, August/2024, Winner of the 2024 São Paulo Award, Best Novel of the Year). In 2025, she released the children's book Sabor Paciência under the Baião label, published by Todavia.

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