Lila, Lenù, Nino, Lila's pregnant sister-in-law Pinuccia and Nino's friend Bruno Soccavo spend the days discussing literature and politics. Elena, who is secretly in love with Nino Sarratore, agrees on the condition that they go to the island of Ischia, knowing Nino will be there. A doctor recommends that she spends a season at sea to increase her fertility, and Lila, desperate to not be alone with her mother and sister-in-law, talks Elena into coming with her. Both Lila and Stefano's family pressure her into becoming pregnant again, blaming Lila's independence for the miscarriage. She becomes pregnant, but has a miscarriage. Lila starts to work in the shoe shop her family is opening with the Solara brothers. To their horror, they realize that most of the neighborhood respects Stefano more after this, having considered Lila too unruly for a young girl. Lila has a bruised face, and tells Lenù that she was beaten and sexually assaulted when she tried to resist Stefano in their vacation. The novel starts with the return of Lila and Stefano from their honeymoon in the Amalfi coast. It was adapted by HBO into the second season of TV show My Brilliant Friend. It was translated to English by Ann Goldstein in 2013. It is the second volume in her four-book series known as the Neapolitan Novels, being preceded by My Brilliant Friend, and succeeded by Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child. The Story of a New Name ( Italian: Storia del nuovo cognome) is a 2012 novel written by Italian author Elena Ferrante.

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child

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