This series was so beautifully written and so perfectly told that it truly didn't feel like fiction. It could have been a memoir, it rang so true to life and relationships. I haven't come across such a rich world in a long time.
2016 UC book club pick for Oct. Look, I don't care what anyone else says, this is a book about betrayal. It's about sexual betrayal, emotional betrayal, self betrayal, and a betrayal of everything. I know everyone will be taking about the whole Elena and Nino plot, but for me the hardest, heart brea...
I'm glad I became enchanted with this series before the furor around unmasking Elena Ferrante broke. These books are as delicate as they are brutal, as biting as they are comforting.
I picked this up after hearing Hillary Clinton mention it was her current read on the I'm With Her podcast. I was completely enthralled by the beautiful translation of such an intricate portrait of girlhood, young womanhood, and friendship.
The Days of abandonment opens with Mario walking out on Olga his wife Olga, and their 15 year marriage and their two children.The narrator of the story is Olga and the story is her account of the abandonment.I listened to this on audio and the narrator was Hillary Huber and she was excellent.This is...
2016 UC Book Club Aug. ReadIt is so great that the hype for this is well deserved. And honestly, I really want to re-read (and watch) Gomorrah but the new Byatt arrived today with the Harry Potter play . . . I don’t really know what more I can add to what people have said about this book, yet, I’m g...
I love the relationship between Elena and Lina, Elena's approach to feminism, the relationship with her sister-in-law. I hope the next book has fewer pages dedicated to the Neapolitan Prince Charming, Nino.
I liked the story, the characters, the description of the sea and the Vesuvius, and the writing style. This book reminded me of the movie 'Me Without You'.
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