Favorita

Michelle Steinbeck

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Fila’s mother Magdalena caused chaos every time she appeared in her daughter’s life. Fila hasn’t seen her in years, not since she disgraced their family by advertising her brothel in the newspaper. Now, news comes from Italy: Magdalena is dead. It’s time for Fila to finally face her family history. Fila collects her mother’s ashes and sets out, urn in tow, to retrace the whirlwind life of the woman last known as Favorita.

ISBN: 9780571391578 Category:

Description

Part hallucinatory road trip, part feminist revenge fantasy: a wild, furious and mischievous novel from an incendiary new European talent.

Fila’s mother Magdalena caused chaos every time she appeared in her daughter’s life. Fila hasn’t seen her in years, not since she disgraced their family by advertising her brothel in the newspaper.

Now, news comes from Italy: Magdalena is dead. It’s time for Fila to finally face her family history.

Fila collects her mother’s ashes and sets out, urn in tow, to retrace the whirlwind life of the woman last known as Favorita.

Additional information

Dimensions 21.6 × 13.5 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

448

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

843.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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