The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna : a novel
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
445 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Fiction
FIC
1 available
Cayucos Library - Adult Fiction
FIC
1 available
Los Osos Library - Adult Fiction
FIC
1 available

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatusDue Date
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult FictionFICOn Shelf
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult FictionFICChecked OutApril 10, 2024
Cayucos Library - Adult FictionFICOn Shelf
Los Osos Library - Adult FictionFICOn Shelf
Morro Bay Library - Adult FictionFICOn Shelf

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

Notes

Description
For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella's childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents-moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella's own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted. In her rugged Italian village, Stella is considered an oddity-beautiful and smart, insolent and cold. Stella uses her peculiar toughness to protect her slower, plainer baby sister Tina from life's harshest realities. But she also provokes the ire of her father Antonio: a man who demands subservience from women and whose greatest gift to his family is his absence. When the Fortunas emigrate to America on the cusp of World War II, Stella and Tina must come of age side-by-side in a hostile new world with strict expectations for each of them. Soon Stella learns that her survival is worthless without the one thing her family will deny her at any cost: her independence.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.