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Teenage Eulabee and her alluring best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy, oceanside San Francisco neighborhood. They know the ins and outs of the homes and beaches, Sea Cliff’s hidden corners and eccentric characters - as well as the swanky all-girls’ school they attend. Their lives move along uneventfully, with afternoon walks by the ocean and weekend sleepovers. Then everything changes. Eulabee and Maria Fabiola have a disagreement about what they did or didn’t witness on the way to school one morning, and this creates a schism in their friendship.

A chance encounter with a movie producer leads to a job posing as a stand-in for a well-known film star. The star reels her in deeper, though, and soon she's inhabiting the actress' skin off-set, too - going deeper into the Casablancan night and further from herself. And so continues a strange and breathtaking journey full of unexpected turns, an adventure in which the woman finds herself moving further and further away from the person she once was.

Twenty-eight years ago, Peter and Yvonne honeymooned in the beautiful coastal village of DatÇa, Turkey. Now Yvonne is a widow, her twin children grown. Hoping to immerse herself in memories of a happier time—as well as sand and sea—Yvonne returns to DatÇa. But her plans for a restorative week in Turkey are quickly complicated. Instead of comforting her, her memories begin to trouble her.

Eulabee e Maria Fabiola hanno tredici, quasi quattordici anni, e non soltanto la vita, ma anche le strade di Sea Cliff, il lindo e ricco quartiere di San Francisco, appartengono a loro. Ogni giorno le percorrono per andare alla loro scuola, appollaiata in alto in faccia al Pacifico, o per scendere alle spiagge affollate di pescatori e di freak. Conoscono ogni angolo, ogni casa di quelle stradine. Quella del mago, ad esempio, col tavolo da pranzo che sbuca da una botola nel pavimento, o quella del cantante della rock band con l'altalena sospesa sul mare.

Vendela Vida erzählt ein subtiles Drama über Freundschaft und Verrat, Sexualität und Lügen im San Francisco der 80er Jahre. "Scharfsinnig, traurig, überraschend und fesselnd. Und außerdem lustig." Nick Hornby. Eulabee und ihrer charismatischen Freundin Maria Fabiola gehören die Straßen von Sea Cliff, wo die Häuser prachtvoll und die Strände wild sind. Morgens gehen sie im Faltenrock zur Mädchenschule, nachmittags spüren sie ihre Macht, wenn sie frei und furchtlos über die Klippen rennen. Eines Morgens werden sie von einem Mann in einem weißen Auto angehalten.