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Sarah
I picked this book up out of desperation while I was traveling in Italy. I had been looking for Elena Ferrante's "My Brilliant Friend" in English, but couldn't find it (I know, I was surprised, too) and so I had to settle for something set in Italy instead of something written by an Italian. I'd already seen the movie, but it was so awful (even with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter in it - unbelievable!) that I assumed the book, to be so famous, had to be much better. And it ...more
Rae
Oct 04, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Italy and England. Class and social strata. Delightful narrative. Rural life. I love this book with all my heart.
Arianna
Apr 18, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001books
Emma
Apr 22, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
akaellen
Jun 18, 2008 marked it as to-read
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Oct 20, 2008 rated it really liked it
Victoria Sandbrook
Mar 19, 2009 marked it as to-read
Christian
Apr 09, 2009 marked it as læse-liste
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Apr 14, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Apr 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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May 26, 2011 rated it really liked it
Lisa
Jun 24, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2011, classics, 2017
Lia
May 10, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Stephanie Williams
Dec 27, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Crystal King
Dec 24, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lynne
Dec 06, 2015 marked it as to-read-classics
Shelves: length-short
Andrea Thatcher
Mar 28, 2016 marked it as to-read
Jennifer
Jan 01, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 27, 2021 marked it as to-read
Summer Rae Garcia
Apr 26, 2023 marked it as to-read
Nina
Nov 26, 2024 rated it it was amazing
Chloe
Jul 16, 2025 marked it as to-read