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Swimming to Elba / Silvia Avallone ; [translated by Antony Shugaar].

by Avallone, Silvia, 1984-

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Viking Penguin, 2012.

Teenage girls -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Small town life -- Fiction.

Seaside resorts -- Fiction.

Italy -- Fiction

Nuoto all'Elba. English English

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308 p. ; 24 cm.

Translation of the Italian title: Acciaio.

Translated from the Italian.

Anna and Francesca are on the brink of everything: high school, adulthood, and the edge of ambition in their provincial town. It's summer in Piombino, Italy, and in their skimpy bathing suits, flaunting their newly acquired curves, the girls suddenly have everyone in their thrall. This power opens their imagination to a destiny beyond Piombino; the resort town of Elba is just a ferry ride away and yet they've never dared to go. Maybe the future is waiting for them there, or somewhere beyond. When their friendship suffers a blow, the girls set off on their own only to discover that their budding sexuality takes them further than they expect, though not as far as their dreams. As their choices take them to a painful crossroads, the girls must reconnect if they have any hope of escaping their small town destinies. In this poetic, prizewinning debut, Silvia Avallone captures the lost innocence of a generation. Harrowing yet ultimately redemptive, Swimming to Elba is a story about the power of friendship, and the way that family, friendship, and economics shape our world.

Italian fiction -- Translations into English.

Bildungsromans.

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