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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Swimming to Elba

Swimming to Elba

Avallone, Silvia
Shugaar, Antony

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 0143123653
ISBN13: 9780143123651
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Apr 30 2013
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
The provocative international bestseller about two young girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy

They were always a pair: daring, intelligent Anna and breathtakingly gorgeous Francesca. Just shy of fourteen, their newly acquired curves and skimpy bathing suits have earned them celebrity status on the beaches of their gritty town, where the glittering resort island of Elba taunts them from across the bay. The girls, aware of their newfound power, are on the brink of everything--high school, adulthood, ambition--but when their intense friendship suffers a blow, each sets off on her own, only to learn that the glamorous world of adult physicality can be at best banal and at worst dehumanizing. As their choices take them to a painful crossroads, the girls must reconnect if they have any hope of escaping their small-town destinies.

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