So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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I read this book because i had to for school. Donata is a noble girl who is shelttered from thereal Venice. She wants to explore it and know it as her brothers do. Because she is a girl she is not allowed out into the city, only whenever accomanied by her mother to parties or outings. Never alone and not on the streets, only in a gondala. Donata dresses up as a boy named Donato, and she explores Venice through the alleys. She meets many people and some people that dont like her because of territory purposes. On her adventures she meets a Jewish boy named Noe. She falls for him but scince he is jewish and she is Catholic they are not allowed to be together. At the end to have her twin sister Laura marry the man that she fell for while prettending to be Donata, Donata wites a letter of convertion to judism into the bocca di leon. Then her wedding is cancelled and her future is decided. I was really enjoying it, and then came the end. The ending was a dream come true for the Main character Donata, but fore the reader it was quite dissappointing. Donata got to study and be taught at the college but as a reader u expect to find ways to be with the amn she loves, Noe.
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Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
susu92925, August 20, 2006
I read this book because i had to for school. Donata is a noble girl who is shelttered from thereal Venice. She wants to explore it and know it as her brothers do. Because she is a girl she is not allowed out into the city, only whenever accomanied by her mother to parties or outings. Never alone and not on the streets, only in a gondala. Donata dresses up as a boy named Donato, and she explores Venice through the alleys. She meets many people and some people that dont like her because of territory purposes. On her adventures she meets a Jewish boy named Noe. She falls for him but scince he is jewish and she is Catholic they are not allowed to be together. At the end to have her twin sister Laura marry the man that she fell for while prettending to be Donata, Donata wites a letter of convertion to judism into the bocca di leon. Then her wedding is cancelled and her future is decided. I was really enjoying it, and then came the end. The ending was a dream come true for the Main character Donata, but fore the reader it was quite dissappointing. Donata got to study and be taught at the college but as a reader u expect to find ways to be with the amn she loves, Noe.(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)