The Lost Daughter - Elena Ferrante - Books - Europa Editions - 9781933372426 - March 20, 2008
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The Lost Daughter

Elena Ferrante

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The Lost Daughter

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 womans 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 Ferrantes 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.


160 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 20, 2008
ISBN13 9781933372426
Publishers Europa Editions
Genre Fiction
Pages 160
Dimensions 129 × 206 × 11 mm   ·   162 g
Language English  
Translator Goldstein, Ann

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