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Elizabeth
Jan 17, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: italy, fiction
Excellent.
Azam Heydari
May 11, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
کتاب "دوست باهوش من" داستان زندگی دو دختر باهوش النا و لی‌لا در ایتالیای دهه ۵۰ میلادی است از کودکی تا نوجوانی‌ که داستان زندگی نویسنده کتاب است. اسم نویسنده کتاب اسم واقعی نویسنده نیست و هویت نویسنده هنوز بعد از چند سال ناشناس است.

داستان را از زبان النا می‌خوانیم و از جایی شروع می‌شود که لی‌لا سال‌ها بعد، وقتی هر دو زنان بالغیند، ناپدید شده و النا شروع به گفتن داستان دوستی‌شان می‌کند که دهه‌ها ادامه داشته است با بالا و پایین‌های زیاد.

کتاب زندگی در محله‌های فقیر ایتالیا بعد از جنگ جهانی دوم را ت
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Rachel
Jun 12, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
It's amazing how female friendships can be so intense, all-consuming and even toxic sometimes. There was something clunky about the writing at times, but there was also something classic as well. ...more
Dolma  Roder
This is one of those books that everyone seems to RAVE about and then when you finally get a copy and start reading you think, "this is what the fuss is about?" 🤔 But then by the end of the book the characters do kind of grow on you and I could imagine that I might read the rest of the books eventually. Still I feel there are so many other example of books that do life-long female friendship and rapidly changing post-war Europe better. Am I the only one who wasn't totally blown away by this book ...more
Jayme Pendergraft
Dec 28, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2016
David Hansen
Jan 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Amanda
Feb 11, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Sara
Mar 07, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Hannah
Aug 16, 2018 rated it liked it
Shelves: dnf
martha Boyle
Sep 13, 2016 rated it liked it
Kai
Sep 11, 2015 rated it really liked it
Adina
Oct 06, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rachel
Oct 12, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Heather
Oct 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
Lena Juncaj
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M
Dec 29, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
allison
Apr 03, 2016 rated it really liked it
Laura
May 19, 2016 rated it it was ok
Arielle
Jan 30, 2017 rated it liked it
Erin
Jun 25, 2016 marked it as to-read
Neda
Nov 11, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sara Watson
Nov 14, 2016 rated it really liked it
El
Nov 20, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Denise
Oct 26, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
carrie
Apr 27, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lisa
Mar 03, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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