Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
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3rd part of what should be one colossal epic novel. And actually, Ferrante says herself, they are “a single novel”. This one deals with early marriage, motherhood, Elena's writing career, politics, unions and burgeoning feminism. Elena and Lila are further apart than before, in space and mind. Haven't been pulled into a book as much as into the Neapolitan novels in quite a while.