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The lost daughter / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF FERR	Adult Fiction		Chester Hill .	. Available .
AF FERR	Adult Fiction		Riverwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781787704183 (paperback)
Name	Ferrante, Elena author.
Uniform title	Figlia oscura. English
Title	The lost daughter / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Published	London : Europa Editions, 2021.
Published	©2007
Description	140 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	Original title: La figlia oscura.
	This translation originally published: 2008.
	Made into a 2021 Netflix movie starring Olivia Colman.
Summary	Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina's family.
Language note	Translated from the Italian.
Subjects	Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
	Divorced women -- Fiction
	Middle-aged women -- Fiction
	College teachers -- Fiction
	Vacations -- Fiction
	Italy -- Ionian Coast -- Fiction
Links to Related Works	Subject References: College teachers -- Fiction . Divorced women -- Fiction . Italy -- Ionian Coast -- Fiction . Middle-aged women -- Fiction . Mothers and daughters -- Fiction . Vacations -- Fiction . Authors: Ferrante, Elena .