Tussitala and Me: My Life with Charles Henry Maxwell

He had left London on a cold gloomy day and although he was flying to São Paulo his plane landed in Rio de Janeiro at Brazils only international airport. He was wearing a tweed coat and carrying his tennis racket. From the minute he stepped into the heat of the runway and saw the Outeiro da Glória church he had a gut feeling he was going to like Brazil and he did.Contracted to teach English Literature at St Pauls Schoolin São Paulo he was realizing his dream of flying southof the Equator to discover South America andvisit the Amazon rainforest.In this touching memoir Noemia Mariutti Maxwellcombines her husbands letters with personal reflections recalling her childhood in São Paulo and early teachingcareer at St Pauls to tell the story of how she met herhusband-to-be and their happy marriage.