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whosemuse 's review for:
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
It took me a long time to read this, but it was not a slog. Rather, it is such a densely detailed story of two women growing up with entwined lives, it was almost like I physically couldn't read it quickly. So the story of Elena and Lila continues, with Elena continuing on the path to education and the intellectual life, and Lila settling into the life of a married woman. Sometimes I had to pause and remind myself that these are the lives of teenagers! Neither Elena nor Lila has an easy path. Elena is constantly wracked with self doubt, and Lila's pervasive and somehow seemingly misplaced arrogance, maybe a sense of entitlement, sets her ultimately down a path that leads somewhere other than into happiness. By the end of the volume each woman seems to have found an uneasy peace, yet if history serves, their lives and their relationship will hold many more twists and turns in the future.