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The Lost Daughter

By Elena Ferrante & Ann Goldstein
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante & Ann Goldstein digital book - Fable

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Now a major motion picture directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, and Peter Sarsgaard

Another penetrating Neapolitan story from New York Times–bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults.

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).
 
“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

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3.5
“kind of a strange one, but I liked the writing”
“Short, but thought-provoking. The central themes around not only motherhood, but daughterhood as well, I think were written in a way that can best be summed up by Margaret Atwood, “No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose that works the other way round as well.” -The Handmaid’s Tale. Not every woman will experience being a mother, but every woman IS a daughter. Ferrante writes of what it is to be both like no other I’ve read before.”

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