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131 pages ; 21 cm |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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| Note |
Translated from the Italian. |
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"Copyright © 2015 by Giangiacomo Feltrini Editore, Minano ... Translation copyright © 2022 by Europe Editions" -- verso. |
| Summary |
Irina's life with her husband and her twin daughters is orderly. An Italian living in Switzerland, she works as a lawyer. One day, something breaks. The marriage ends without apparent trauma, but on a weekend seemingly like any other, the girls' father takes Alessia and Livia away with him. They disappear. A few days later the man takes his own life. Of the girls, there is no trace. Concita De Gregorio takes the unadorned, terrible facts of this true story and embodies the protagonist's voice. In a narrative that is fast and urgent, she unravels these traumatic events to tell the story of a mother bereft of her children - a state for which there is no word. The Missing Word delves deep into Irina's thoughts and memories as she grasps at the shreds of truth and, piece by piece, stitches her life back together. |
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Divorced mothers -- Fiction.
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
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Missing children -- Fiction.
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Suicide -- Fiction.
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Divorced mothers. (OCoLC)fst00895916
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Missing children. (OCoLC)fst01023685
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Mothers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst01026997
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Suicide. (OCoLC)fst01137578
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| Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Psychological fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726481
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Psychological fiction.
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| Added Author |
Botsford, Clarissa, translator.
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| Added Title |
Mi sa che fuorï primavera. English.
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| ISBN |
9781609457624 (paperback) : $16.00 |
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1609457625 (paperback) |
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