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Strega 2011 · Shortlist
A Life Apart
La vita accanto
Mariapia Veladiano · 51 when first published
Novel · 186 pages · Family, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:Rebecca is born so ugly that her mother never holds her and her father lets it happen. Raised by a beautiful aunt and a tearful nanny, she has perfect hands and a gift for the piano.