"AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL."- Mail on Sunday THE
INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND A BBC2 Between The
Covers Book Club Pick BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 - SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
Soon to be a NETFLIX original series 18M OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SLOD WORLDWIDE
Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly spiteful adolescent.
But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection
and a life she can claim as her own? Giovanna's search leads her to two kindred cities that
fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights which assumes a mask of refinement and
the Naples of the depths a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift she vacillates between these
two cities falling into one then climbing back to the other. Set in a divided Naples The
Lying Life of Adults is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to
adulthood. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER "This is no amiable coming-of-age tale... the
most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood
that I have ever read. It is brilliant."- The Financial Times "An astonishing deeply moving
tale."- The Guardian "Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of
romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping."- The Daily Mail WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
"Brilliant as always."-Jan on Amazon "A tightly crafted and gripping story."-Maxwell on
Goodreads "Excellent book. My only complaint was that it ended too soon!"-Mhairi on Amazon
"I woke up eagerly looking forward to reading more of this novel every single day."-Violet on
Goodreads "Fans of Elena Ferrante will not be disappointed."-Lesley on Amazon
