Bibliograph

Belladonna, Anbara Salam

Type

Label

Belladonna, Anbara Salam

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Belladonna

Oclc number

1153070050

Responsibility statement

Anbara Salam

Series statement

Wheeler Publishing large print hardcover

Summary

"For readers of Elena Ferrante and Sally Rooney, a lush, coming-of-age novel set in 1950s Italy that stares into the heart of longing and at the friendships that have the power to save and destroy us. Isabella is beautiful, inscrutable, and popular. Her best friend, Bridget, keeps quietly to the fringes of their Connecticut Catholic school, watching everything and everyone, but most especially Isabella. In 1957, when the girls graduate, they land coveted spots at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Pentila in northern Italy, a prestigious art history school on the grounds of a silent convent. There, free of her claustrophobic home and the town that will always see her and her Egyptian mother as outsiders, Bridget discovers she can re-invent herself as anyone she desires... perhaps even someone Isabella could desire in return. But as that glittering year goes on, Bridget begins to suspect Isabella is keeping a secret from her, one that will change the course of their lives forever"--Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification