The novel, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta, focuses on a 17 year old teenager who has an Italian background called Josephine Alibrandi. Josephine is really two different people at the beginning and the end of the book. In the beginning, Josephine is overdramatic, poised to react to her Italian background and her illegitimacy. At the end of the book, Josephine began to achieve emancipation. She has learnt that she has blown her problems out of …showed first 75 words of 1050 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1050 total…not sure if I can love you ever, but I want to know you. I want to be part of your life." page 128). At the end of the novel, Michael had decided not to go back to Adelaide, instead he bought a house in Balmain (Quote: "I'm not going back. I've bought a house in Balmain." page 244). This showed that he wants to be a part of Josie's life and wanted to know her better.