The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

Description

By the beginning of The Story of the Lost Child, Elena is running away with Nino, a man she has loved since they were both children. He’s the son of the neighborhood philanderer, and a womanizer himself; he has already seduced and deserted Lila. Elena’s infatuation with the untrustworthy Nino seems at once necessary for her survival and manic, delusional, as if she can free herself from servitude only if she lies to herself about the probable consequences of her flight.