The Story of the Lost Child

Winner, Reader's Choice Award, International Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2016 Shortlisted, Man Booker International Prize, 2016 A New York Times Notable Book, 2015 The Story of the Lost Child is the long-awaited fourth volume in the Neapolitan Novels (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, and Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay). The quartet traces the friendship between Elena and Lila, from their childhood in a poor neighbourhood in Naples, to their thirties, when both women are mothers but each has chosen a different path. Their lives are still inextricably linked, for better or worse, especially when it comes to the drama of a lost child.