The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

The Lost Daughter by Elena FerranteFrom the international bestselling author of MY BRILLIANT FRIEND Leda is devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneliness and longing. Instead, slightly embarrassed by the sensation, she feels liberated, as if her life has become lighter, easier. She decides to take a holiday by the sea, in a small coastal town in southern Italy.

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James Joyce s big blue book

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occupy her time when she has no mother to visit

As this celebration of the trees shows

witch-hunters and scheming queens

But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange journey of self-discovery that involves a mysterious ringing bell

Clownfish live with a mummy and daddy

even as their mother's secrets begin to unravel

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and advocating for their needs and their experiences

and that behind her cockney parlance the girl in question