neapolitan novels-ferrante
the neapolitan novels series is the best series i've ever read, and the individual books are some of my favorite books. elena ferrante creates vivid characters and such detailed storylines that feel real.
the story starts with elena and lila, two girls growing up in post ww2 italy. it's a dangerous town, full of dangerous people, and the girls have nothing but themselves. as they grow older both girls go on different paths, elena goes on to get a higher education while lila marries as a teenager.
the four books go through their lives and the messiness of womanhood- marriages, divorce, affairs, children and maternal guilt. even when elena pulls away from lila there's something that always pulls her back to her childhood friend. the series goes through 6 decades when a tragedy breaks the two apart.
i read this series for a couple months, and finishing it made me so sad. i was completely invested in this, i would read for an hour everyday, at school when i finished my work early i wanted to read more. it's so hard to describe the plot of all the books, mainly it goes over their lives, how they intertwine and how they pull apart.
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