Title: The Lying Life of Adults - Elena Ferrante - book

Summary :

"Two years before he left home, my father told my mother that I was very ugly." Giovanna, the only daughter of a couple of teachers, had a happy childhood in the hills above Naples. When she turned twelve, she overheard a conversation in which her father compared her to Vittoria, an aunt with a reputation for evil. Upset by this comparison, as demeaning as it was unexpected, Giovanna set out to learn more about this woman. While searching the apartment, she unearthed rare photos from her youth in which her father stood next to a person mysteriously covered in black felt. She then decided to meet this Zia Vittoria living in the poor neighborhoods of Naples. In this part of the city that was unknown to her, the teenager discovered another social universe, a more spontaneous way of being. Encouraged by her aunt to open her eyes to the lies and hypocrisies that govern her parents' lives, she soon sees the veneer of the adult world crack. Between great hopes and bitter disappointments, Giovanna searches for her path by exploring the two faces of the city, like two aspects of her identity that she tries to reconcile.

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