Wine stains on clothes, cleaning leather, mold on videotapes. These are difficult problems that, if not handled properly, can ruin your pieces. It was with these small, everyday difficulties in mind that Nenzinha Machado Salles wrote SEBASTIANA QUEBRA-GALHO - A practical guide for the daily life of housewives. The guide, in fact, is suitable for the whole family. The tips are divided by topic. Thus, in "Food in General," for example, we find information and suggestions to resolve doubts about the preparation, preservation, and use of vegetables, legumes, and preserves. In "Beauty," the author's advice covers everything from head to toe. SEBASTIANA QUEBRA-GALHO goes further. It explores every room in the house looking for answers to questions like how to clean the VCR head or keep the stainless steel sink sparkling. In the final chapter, the guide provides valuable health information, teaching first aid in cases of poisoning, burns, ingested objects, animal bites, and other emergencies. It also provides recipes for home remedies. Nenzinha Machado Salles is a member of the Petrópolis Academy of Letters. She is the author of "Maria Melado," "Simpatias da Eufrázia," "Contos que te conto," and "Tirasmanchas," which is being reissued by Record.
