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Monardo, Anna. Falling in Love with Natassia. Doubleday. Jun. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-385-51466-2. $23.95. F
It takes a village to raise a child, but what if the village is populated by egocentric, psychologically wounded adults? Thirteen years after Courtyard of Dreams comes Monardo's second novel, which revolves around Natassia, conceived on a dare by Mary, an ambitious dancer, and Ross, her infatuated, drug-abusing lover, while they are studying abroad during college. Raised in seeming security in Manhattan by her paternal grandparents and doted on by her godparents, Natassia appears well adjusted. But a secret affair with an older ...