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Quotes

• “Ferrante’s gift for recreating real life stems as much from the quiet, unhurried rhythm of her writing as from the people and events she describes.”

  - New York Times

• “Imagine an angry Jane Austen, and you’ll get a sense of what it’s like to plunge into Ferrante’s ongoing tale about Lila and Elena, two Neapolitan women in the 1960s who marry, fall in love, and slowly suffocate from the pressure of it all.”

  - Boston Globe

• “Ferrante’s writing is captivating and insightful.”

  - Booklist (starred review)

• “Ferrante masterfully combines Elena’s recollections of events with Lila’s point of view…The women’s fraught relationship and shifting fortunes are the life forces of this poignant book.”

  - Publishers Weekly

• “A beautifully written portrait of a sometimes difficult friendship.”

  - Kirkus Reviews