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andrea0301 's review for:
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
I couldn't put this book down and became completely engrossed with it. I read the first book in this series a few years ago and enjoyed it, especially the last half of it, but not to the extent that I enjoyed this book.
This is a story of Lila and Lenu, two girls who grow up in an impoverished apartment complex in Naples, Italy during the 1950's. They are both highly intelligent, but Lenu is the only one who can continue on to middle and high school, while Lila is forced to work. This was all in book one. In book two, it picks up with Lila married at 16, while Lenu is still in high school. It describes in great detail how their lives are diverging and how their friendship is splintering as well because of this divergence. I was struck by the raw emotions and at times violence within this book. I have so many questions on Nino from this book that I would love to discuss with fellow readers.
A highly recommended series--I already started the third book in this series of four.
This is a story of Lila and Lenu, two girls who grow up in an impoverished apartment complex in Naples, Italy during the 1950's. They are both highly intelligent, but Lenu is the only one who can continue on to middle and high school, while Lila is forced to work. This was all in book one. In book two, it picks up with Lila married at 16, while Lenu is still in high school. It describes in great detail how their lives are diverging and how their friendship is splintering as well because of this divergence. I was struck by the raw emotions and at times violence within this book. I have so many questions on Nino from this book that I would love to discuss with fellow readers.
A highly recommended series--I already started the third book in this series of four.