Ferrante, Elena 
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Neapolitan novels volume 4.
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4.7 stars
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"The ... saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. In this book, both are adults; life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship, examined in its every detail over the course of four books, remains the gravitational center of their lives"--Amazon.com.
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Neapolitan novels volume 3.
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4.4 stars
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Set in the late 1960s and the 1970s, the story of Lina and Elena's friendship continues. Lina, separated from her husband, lives in a new neighborhood of Naples and works in a factory. Elena has left Naples and published a novel. Both women experience life in the new era of dramatic changes in sexual politics and social changes as their lifelong friendship endures.
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Neapolitan novels volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Lila and Elena are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls...
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Neapolitan novels volume 1.
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3.8 stars
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The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. Through...
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3.3 stars
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When Leda's daughters leave home to be with their father, she decides to take a trip to a small coastal town in Italy, but soon after she arrives memories from her unsettled past come back to haunt her.