'A beguiling whirlwind of love and obsession' Elle It is summer, 1956, when fifteenyearold 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 comingof 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 comingofage 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

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 368 g; Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 27

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