Belladonna
Salam, Anbara2021
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It is summer, 1954, when fifteen-year-old Bridget first meets Isabella. In their conservative Connecticut town, Isabella is a breath of fresh air. She is worldly, alluring and brazen- an enigma. When they receive an offer to study at the Academy in Italy, Bridget is thrilled. This is her ticket to Europe and - better still - a chance to spend nine whole months with her glamorous and unpredictable best friend. There, lodged in a convent of nuns who have taken a vow of silence, the two girls move toward a passionate but fragile intimacy. As the year rolls on, Bridget grows increasingly fearful that she will lose Isabella's affections - and the more desperate she gets, the greater the lengths she will go to keep her. Belladonna is a hypnotizing coming-of age story set against the stunning and evocative backdrop of rural Northern Italy. Anbara Salam tells a story of friendship and obsession, desire and betrayal, and the lies we tell in order to belong.
Main title:
Belladonna / Anbara Salam.
Author:
Salam, Anbara, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2021.©2020
Collation:
341 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published: Fig Tree, 2020.
ISBN:
9780241986745 (pbk)9780241986745
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
514873
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | SALA | Available |