Lost on Me

"Lost on Me" by Veronica Raimo is an award-winning, irreverent take on the bildungsroman, exploring the life of Vero, a young woman navigating her confined childhood in Rome amidst a family obsessed with anxiety and cleanliness. Through her clever storytelling, Vero shares her attempts at independence, her experiences with love and sex, and her complex relationship with reality, offering a vivid and nuanced portrait of the struggles involved in becoming a woman. The novel captures the vibrant atmosphere of Rome from the 1980s through the early 2000s with wit and tender insight.