Bibliograph

A girl returned, Donatella Di Pietrantonio ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

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A girl returned, Donatella Di Pietrantonio ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A girl returned

Oclc number

341301

Responsibility statement

Donatella Di Pietrantonio ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

Summary

Without warning or explanation, an unnamed 13-year-old girl is sent away from the family she has always thought of as hers to live with her birth family: a large, chaotic assortment of individuals whom she has never met and who seem anything but welcoming. Thus begins a new life, one of struggle, tension, and conflict, especially between the young girl and her mother. But in her relationship with Adriana and Vincenzo, two of her newly acquired siblings, she will find the strength to start again and to build a new and enduring sense of self

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