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BELLADONNA - ANBARA SALAM KARTONIERT (TB)

'A beguiling whirlwind of love and obsession' Elle
_______________________________________________It is summer  1956  when fifteen-year-old
Bridget first meets Isabella. In their conservative Connecticut town  Isabella is a breath of
fresh air. She is worldly  alluring and brazen: an enigma.When they receive an offer to study
at the Academy in Italy  Bridget is thrilled. This is her ticket to Europe and - better still -
a chance to spend nine whole months with her glamorous and unpredictable best friend.There 
lodged in a convent of nuns who have taken a vow of silence  the two girls move towards a
passionate but fragile intimacy. As the year rolls on  Bridget grows increasingly fearful that
she will lose Isabella's affections - and the more desperate she gets  the greater the lengths
she will go to keep her.Belladonna is a hypnotizing coming-of age story set against the
stunning and evocative backdrop of rural Northern Italy. Anbara Salam tells a story of
friendship and obsession  desire and betrayal  and the lies we tell in order to belong.
______________________________________________'An enthralling tale of race  secrets and the
desire to belong' i'Lush and languid  this sultry coming-of-age tale captures a fractured
friendship and the yearnings of girlhood' Daily Mail'Raw and tender . . . this searingly honest
coming of age story will steal your heart' Sunday Mirror'The Virgin Suicides meets Patricia
Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley  this unputdownable and lush novel had me entranced'
Sharlene Teo  author of Ponti

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