Book Chamber | June 25

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 — 6:30 pm

See the little girls’ clasped hands and wonder, “What made them friends?” and “How will their friendship evolve as they grow up?” Lila and Elena meet and bond in school, looking forward to escape from the poverty, rage, and violence of their Neapolitan community. “Oh,” you may sigh, “not another book about unhappy lives.” But don’t skip this story. Read and be mesmerized, gripped, and moved by Elena Ferrante’s tapestry of their divergent lives spun in different directions by continuing – and thwarted – education. You will understand why readers internationally embrace Lila and Elena’s lives and (mis)fortunes.