The story of a new name. The second book. Ferrante E.

The second part of the “Neapolitan Quartet”, “The History of the New Name”, the continuation of the story of Lena Greco and Lila Cherullo. Girlfriends grow up, their life paths are inexorably diverging. They still strive to break out of the wretchedness and poverty of the Neapolitan outskirts, but each chooses its own path. Impulsive Lila becomes a Signora Carracci; Wealth and the new name make her renounce the one who she had once been to leave a girl in the past with an outstanding mind, which gave great hopes. Lena continues to study, painfully proving to himself that he can succeed even without his ingenious girlfriend.

The shower backyards of Naples, a sparkle in the sun, university piza - in different decorations, life will have more than once experienced friendship of Lila and Lena for strength, and they will be convinced again and again that the thread that connected them in childhood is not able to break any of them.