The Story of a New Name
Subtitle: Youth
Edition: Large print edition (1)
Series: Neapolitan Novels, Book Two
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 729
ISBN-13: 9781410491176
Copyright date: 2013
Description: Friends Lila and Elena are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women, paying the cruel price that this passage exacts.
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