The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 20/03/2008
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Synopsis

'Elena Ferrante will blow you away.' - Alice Sebold

Leda is a middle-aged divorcée 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. But after a few days of calm and quiet, things begin to take a menacing turn.

Leda encounters a family whose brash presence proves unsettling, at times even threatening. When a small, seemingly meaningless, event occurs, Leda is overwhelmed by memories of the difficult and unconventional choices she made as a mother and their consequences for herself and her family. The seemingly serene tale of a woman’s pleasant rediscovery of herself soon becomes the story of a ferocious confrontation with an unsettled past.

Following the extraordinary success of The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante’s new novel explores the conflicting emotions that tie us to our children. This candid fiction represents her most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood thus far.

  • Publisher: Europa Editions
  • ISBN: 9781933372426
  • Number of pages: 160
  • Dimensions: 210 x 135 mm

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The Lost Daughter
A powerful, eloquently written novella.
Divorced for many years, forty-seven-year-old Leda is a university lecturer, teaching English Literature. Her two adult daughters have recently decided to ... READ MORE
Linda Hepworth