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A sensually charged book about two females growing up fast in a declining industrial town on the coastline of Italy.... Anna and Francesca are on the brink of everything: senior high school, adulthood, and the border of ambition in their provincial town. It's summer months in Piombino, Italy, and in their skimpy bathing suits, flaunting their newly acquired curves, the girls instantly have everyone in their thrall. This electric power opens their thoughts to a future beyond Piombino: the holiday resort town of Elba is just a ferry trip away yet they've never dared to travel. Maybe the future is waiting for them there, or someplace beyond. When their friendship suffers a blow, the girls set off on their own, only to discover that their budding sexuality takes them further than they expect, though much less far as their dreams. As their alternatives take them to an agonizing crossroads, the girls must reconnect if they have any anticipation of escaping their small town destinies. In this poetic, prizewinning debut, Silvia Avallone catches the lost innocence of any technology. Harrowing yet in the end redemptive, Going swimming to Elba is a tale about the power of friendship, and just how that family, friendship, and economics condition our world.

Category: Coming of Age