Accabadora by michela murgia6/1/2023 ![]() In the local form of open-adoption, her mother gives Maria to Bonaria Urrai to raise as her own child. When the book opens she adopts Maria, the youngest daughter of a crass, indifferent woman. She was once betrothed, but her fiance died in World War II. On the other – novels are edited objects, we expect an author to perform a certain amount of curating in order in creating a narrative.īonaria Urrai is a seamstress in a small village on the island of Sardinia. On one hand – life is uneven, messy and essentially just a string of random events. It’s a bit of a hodgepodge, leaving me with mixed feelings. And while, overall, Michela Murgia has put out a well-written novel (winning multiple awards) for me the plot became increasingly uneven the more I read. Accabadora is about a lot of things, most of which don’t have much in common with each other. It’s about choices, consequences and secrets… about being allowed to die with dignity… about the collision between the old and the new. It’s also a coming of age story and a mother-daughter drama. ![]()
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