Europa Editions UK Ltd Lying Life of Adults

"""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 " ...