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020 _a9781782278221
040 _aKenya National Library Service
082 _a853.914 CES
100 _a De Céspedes, Alba,
_eauthor.
245 _aForbidden Notebook /
_cAlba de Céspedes ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein ; with a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri.
300 _a259 pages ;
_c20 cm.
520 _aOut running an errand, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse - she buys a shiny black notebook. She keeps a diary in secret, recording her worries about her children, fears her husband will find her up late writing and the constant churn of the domestic routine. With each entry she plunges deeper into her interior life, and the roles that have come to define her - as wife, as mother, as daughter - begin to break apart
650 _aHistorical fiction.
700 _aGoldstein, Ann,
_etranslator.
700 _aLahiri, Jhumpa,
_eforeword.
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_cBK
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