Nymph by Sofia Montrone

Ten-year-old Leo spends her mornings tidying the rooms of her nonna's time-worn Italian hotel, quietly accumulating the junk and treasures left behind by guests - a pearl earring, a lock of hair. Her nights are suffused with her father's liquor-spun tales of his childhood, mingled with stories of Greek heroes of old. Years later, over another hot, endless Italian summer, the hotel is one of the only things in Leo's life that has remained constant.

An accident has knocked her family sideways; her brother Max is distant and Nonna has grown frail. But then she meets Dolores, an American girl who sets something alight in Leo that she didn't know existed. Heat-soaked, sensual and steeped in an exquisite longing, Nymph traverses the extraordinary pains, soaring pleasures and many metamorphoses it takes to finally grow up.
 
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"Everyone needs a hot summer read. Let this be it. Think Elena Ferrante, think Call Me By Your Name and you're in the right place . . . Heavenly" ― Elle

"An immersive, queer and atmospheric coming-of-age story. This book transports you to Italy and into the mind of a contemplative, curious and resilient young person. Nostalgic, wistful and beautifully written. The perfect summer read" -- Emily Austin