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Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father.

Here is the dazzling saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila.

Following her mother's mysterious death, Delia embarks on a voyage of discovery through the streets of her native Naples searching for the truth about her family.

Elle Giovanna's pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true?