{"product_id":"swimming-to-elba-9780143123651","title":"Swimming to Elba","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe provocative international bestseller about two young girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were always a pair: daring, intelligent Anna and breathtakingly gorgeous Francesca. Just shy of fourteen, their newly acquired curves and skimpy bathing suits have earned them celebrity status on the beaches of their gritty town, where the glittering resort island of Elba taunts them from across the bay. The girls, aware of their newfound power, are on the brink of everything--high school, adulthood, ambition--but when their intense friendship suffers a blow, each sets off on her own, only to learn that the \"glamorous\" world of adult physicality can be at best banal and at worst dehumanizing. As their choices take them to a painful crossroads, the girls must reconnect if they have any hope of escaping their small-town destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Frank, sensual, and evocative of the Academy Award-winning film \u003ci\u003eCinema Paradiso\u003c\/i\u003e and the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Solitude of Prime Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSwimming to Elba\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing yet redemptive meditation on politics, family, sex, and the lasting power of friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143123651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Silvia Avallone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752283599029,"sku":"9780143123651","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7ad8c0f6-52a2-4e98-b245-9a4b14194e10.jpg?v=1730214641","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swimming-to-elba-9780143123651","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}