Series: Neapolitan Quarttet 2.

Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life’s challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.

“An unconditional masterpiece . . . I was totally enthralled.”—Jhumpa Lahiri

“The only book ever to make me shout out loud at a revelation in the story.”—The Guardian

“A beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal.”—James Wood, The New Yorker