{"product_id":"my-brilliant-friend-book-1","title":"My Brilliant Friend (Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Elena Ferrante\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e1 BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNow an HBO series: the first volume in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e–bestselling “enduring masterpiece” about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Spectacular.”—Maureen Corrigan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR’s Fresh Air\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Captivating.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52222046208289,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/1011\/2545\/files\/IMG-1382.jpg?v=1768512272","url":"https:\/\/www.elmsidegoods.com\/products\/my-brilliant-friend-book-1","provider":"Elmside Goods ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}