{"product_id":"9781609455286","title":"A Girl Returned","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE CAMPIELLO PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 TRANSLATED BOOK AWARDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2019 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e ・\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e・\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pitch-perfect rendering in English by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante’s translator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I was the \u003ci\u003eArminuta\u003c\/i\u003e, the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word ‘mama’ stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays, I really have no idea what kind of place mother is. It is not mine in the way one might have good health, a safe place, certainty.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with an immediacy and a rare expressive intensity that has earned it countless adoring readers and one of Italy’s most prestigious literary prizes, \u003ci\u003eA Girl Returned\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful novel rendered with sensitivity and verve by Ann Goldstein, translator of the works of Elena Ferrante. Set against the stark, beautiful landscape of Abruzzo in central Italy, this is a compelling story about mothers and daughters, about responsibility, siblings, and caregiving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout warning or explanation, an unnamed 13-year-old girl is sent away from the family she has always thought of as hers to live with her birth family: a large, chaotic assortment of individuals whom she has never met and who seem anything but welcoming. Thus begins a new life, one of struggle, tension, and conflict, especially between the young girl and her mother. But in her relationship with Adriana and Vincenzo, two of her newly acquired siblings, she will find the strength to start again and to build a new and enduring sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085170409533,"sku":"9781609455286","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781609455286_p0.jpg?v=1775256329","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781609455286","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}