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I was prompted to read this after binge watching the HBO adaptation. I was engrossed by the series, by the production values and now, after reading the book, how completely it adhered to the book.
Both the book and the series give a realistic view of growing up in a poor working class area near Naples. The "Neopolitan Novels" continue on into adulthood and I'm hooked enough to follow on through the series. The HBO series BTW has annouced there will be a second season based on the second book. Of ...more
Both the book and the series give a realistic view of growing up in a poor working class area near Naples. The "Neopolitan Novels" continue on into adulthood and I'm hooked enough to follow on through the series. The HBO series BTW has annouced there will be a second season based on the second book. Of ...more
The more I read the more I enjoyed this book. A tale of friendship, a competition of who is better, who will succeed and who will be left behind. In a time in Italy where women had no voice but a new generation was going to change it or will they? Love this author will be reading the next in the series.
Mar 30, 2015
Jane
marked it as to-read
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Colette
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