The Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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

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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