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The Padavano girls, best friends and sisters, bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighborhood. William Waters meets Julia Padavano, and when darkness from his past begins to block the light of his future, Sylvie becomes his closest confidante. Napolitano's homage to "Little Women" is a moving, tender family epic that will prompt readers to slow down and never want the book to end.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

The four Padavano girls, best friends and sisters, bring a loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighborhood. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante. The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line. Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole?

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LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD


Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighborhood.


William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him.


So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him.


With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all.


But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante.


The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line.


Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole?

Beautiful, perceptive, wistful.


I loved it


Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace,


said:


"Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing."


"Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups,


"said:


"Another tender tearjerker... She helps us see ourselves - and each other - whole."


Washington Post


"Napolitano's homage to Little Women, set in late-20th-century Chicago, will prompt you to slow down as you read, never wanting the book to end."


Oprah Quarterly


"A moving, tender family epic."


Pandora Sykes


Instant
New York Times


bestseller, July 2023


100th Oprah Winfrey Book Club pick, March 2023


Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, 2024

The four Padavano girls, best friends and sisters, bring a loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighborhood.


William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him.


So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him.


With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all.


But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante.


The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line.


Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole?

Beautiful, perceptive, wistful.


I loved it


Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace,


"said:


"Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing."


"Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups,


"said:


"Another tender tearjerker... She helps us see ourselves - and each other - whole."


Washington Post


"Napolitano's homage to Little Women, set in late-20th-century Chicago, will prompt you to slow down as you read, never wanting the book to end."


Oprah Quarterly


"A moving, tender family epic."


Pandora Sykes


Instant
New York Times


bestseller, July 2023


100th Oprah Winfrey Book Club pick, March 2023


Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, 2024

Weight: 504g
Dimension: 146 x 226 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241628263