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The Lost Daughter

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"Elena Ferrante will blow you away."-Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones

From the author of The Days of Abandonment, The Lost Daughteris Elena Ferrante's most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet. Leda, a middle-aged divorce, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial occurrence. Ferrante's language is as finely tuned and intense as ever, and she treats her theme with a fierce, candid tenacity.

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"The arresting third novel from pseudonymous Italian novelist Ferrante (Troubling Love) pursues a divorced, 47-year-old academic's deeply conflicted feelings about motherhood to their frightening core. While on vacation by herself on the Ionian coast, Leda feels contentedly disburdened of her two 20-something daughters, who have moved to their father's city of Toronto. She's soon engrossed in watching the daily drama of Nina, a young mother, with her young daughter, Elena (along with Elena's doll, Nani), at the seashore. Surrounded by proprietary Neapolitan relatives and absorbed in her daughter's care, Nina at first strikes Leda as the perfect mother, reminding herself of when she was a new and hopeful parent. Leda's eventual acquaintance with Nina yields a disturbing confession and sets in motion a series of events that threatens to wreck, or save, the integrity of Nina's family. Ferrante's prose is stunningly candid, direct and unforgettable. From simple elements, she builds a powerful tale of hope and regret." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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The author of "The Days of Abandonment" pens her most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet.
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Elena Ferrante is one of Italy's most important and acclaimed contemporary writers, author of The Days of Abandonment and Troubling Love. Her true identity is unknown.
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Larry Robinson, March 19, 2009 (view all comments by Larry Robinson)
This is a really interesting, and creepy, story of a woman who is, self acknowledged, not a very good mother. She is on vacation at a beach resort and, for reasons not entirely known to herself, she steals a doll belonging to a child also staying at the resort. She insinuates herself into the other family's lives with unexpected consequences. An excellent translation from Italian.
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ISBN:
9781933372426
Author:
Ferrante, Elena
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Translator:
Goldstein, Ann
Author:
Goldstein, Ann
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Divorced women
Subject:
Mothers and daughters
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20080301
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
8.28x5.44x.47 in. .37 lbs.
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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "The arresting third novel from pseudonymous Italian novelist Ferrante (Troubling Love) pursues a divorced, 47-year-old academic's deeply conflicted feelings about motherhood to their frightening core. While on vacation by herself on the Ionian coast, Leda feels contentedly disburdened of her two 20-something daughters, who have moved to their father's city of Toronto. She's soon engrossed in watching the daily drama of Nina, a young mother, with her young daughter, Elena (along with Elena's doll, Nani), at the seashore. Surrounded by proprietary Neapolitan relatives and absorbed in her daughter's care, Nina at first strikes Leda as the perfect mother, reminding herself of when she was a new and hopeful parent. Leda's eventual acquaintance with Nina yields a disturbing confession and sets in motion a series of events that threatens to wreck, or save, the integrity of Nina's family. Ferrante's prose is stunningly candid, direct and unforgettable. From simple elements, she builds a powerful tale of hope and regret." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Synopsis" by , The author of "The Days of Abandonment" pens her most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet.
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