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“[Di Pietrantonio’s] searing and lively narration reaches new heights.”
— Cleveland Review of Books, Jun 29 2022

“The sisters from the author’s previous novel, A Girl Returned—a stoic narrator and her fiery younger sister, Adriana—reappear in this unsettling companion tale.”



— The New Yorker, Jun 6 2022
“The talented team of prize-winning author Di Pietrantonio and translator Goldstein once again bring an immersion experience of Italian family and culture, a strong sense of place, and the intricacies and mysteries of intimate relationships in understated, vivid prose.”
— Booklist, Apr 11 2022
“Another simmering, intense novel of dysfunctional relationships and destructive secrets that proves equally strong as a companion sequel or standalone title.”
— Shelf Awareness, Feb 17 2022
“A thought provoking and sensitive book [ . . .] A Girl Returned is a moving story of a vulnerable girl somewhat lost in the machinations of her greater family.”
— TripFiction, Nov 12 2020
“Set against the rugged landscape of Abruzzo, Italy, A Girl Returned explores the arbitrariness of origin and family relationships, and questions whether we really belong anywhere.”
— New Statesman, Jul 3 2019
“...a captivating tale about the trials of settling down, fitting in and battling on amid emotional upheaval.”
— The Economist, Jun 29 2019
The Washington Post “Book Club” newsletter highlights their review of A GIRL RETURNED with an interview with Ann Goldstein, commenting of the novel "It has a bit of a Ferrante feel.”
— Washington Post Book Club, Jun 28 2019
“Di Pietrantonio [has a] lively way with a phrase (the translator, Ann Goldstein, shows the same sensitivity she does with Elena Ferrante) [and] a fine instinct for detail.”
— Washington Post, Jun 13 2019
“A gripping, deeply moving coming-of-age novel; immensely readable, beautifully written, and highly recommended.”
— Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review), May 12 2019
“Di Pietrantonio’s exquisite novel (translated by Elena Ferrante translator Ann Goldstein) begins with an unnamed 13-year-old girl suddenly sent away from the family she thought was hers, to her birth family in Abruzzo, Italy, who seem anything but welcoming.”
— Publishers Weekly, Apr 22 2019

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