Due to Nancy's surgery in the summer as well as tennis activities
we decided to take a break from meetings during the summer of 2017.
We resumed in September and met at my house to discuss this book.
Unfortunately Nancy was not able to join us but we decided to
commence at her suggestion.
"My Brilliant Friend" written by Italy's Elena Ferrante is the first of
four Neapolitan novels which is soon to be an HBO miniseries.
Those who read it loved it and even went on to read the other 3 books.
It is about the friendship between two women beginning in the 1950's set
on the outskirts of Naples, Italy. Through the lives of these women
the author reveals what post war Italy was like for young girls in this small,
area where everyone knows everyone and the few prosperous families dominate.
It is a story of two girls coming of age, of a town, of a nation emerging from war into an
economic boom. Vividly written by one of Italy's beloved authors.
Next book chosen by me was "Girl In The Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse.
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