Lost Daughter
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Lost Daughter

Brand: Europa Editions
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UPC: 9781933372426
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Authors: Elena Ferrante (Author), Ann Goldstein (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 125 pages
  • Publisher: Europa Editions (March 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933372427
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933372426
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.4 x 8.2 inches

Basis for the upcoming Maggie Gyllenhaal film starring Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson: An edgy tale of mixed feelings and motherhood by the author of My Brilliant Friend.

Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family in this “arresting” novel by the author of the New York Times–bestselling Neapolitan Novels, which have sold millions of copies and been adapted into an HBO series (Publishers Weekly).

Reviews

“Although much of the drama takes place in [Leda’s] head, Ferrante’s gift for psychological horror renders it immediate and visceral.” ―The New Yorker

“Ferrante’s prose is stunningly candid, direct and unforgettable. From simple elements, she builds a powerful tale of hope and regret.” ―Publishers Weekly

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

"The Lost Daughter is a resounding success...It is delicate yet daring, precise yet evanescent: it hurts like a cut, and cures like balm."
—La Repubblica

"The Lost Daughter is a novel about the female condition: the conflicts that can emerge in the sphere of marriage, the extinction of love and passion, the difficult relationships with children, which both obstruct and assist the free expression of one's feelings and the growth towards maturity." 
—La Stampa 

"Ferrante can do a woman's interior dialogue like no one else, with a ferocity that is shockingly honest, unnervingly blunt."
—Booklist

"Ferrante has blown the lid off tempestuous parent-child relations."
—The Seattle Times 

About the Author

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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