Belladonna av Anbara Salam

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<p><b>''A beguiling whirlwind of love and obsession'' <i>Elle </i></b><br><i>_______________________________________________<br></i><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><i>Belladonna</i> is a hypnotizing coming-of age story set against the stunning and evocative backdrop of rural North