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My Brilliant Friend
- 2018 ·
- stretch my mind, transfix me, take me back, grip me, transport me ·
Summary:
When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship. Based on the bestselling series by Elena Ferrante.
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From Emily Nussbaum at The New Yorker:
My Brilliant Friend is often at its best when it invokes this same crisis of knowledge, of growing up where everyone knows your business and no one can admit the truth. It’s about the escape hatch that clever girls squeeze through. Full Review
