{"product_id":"troubling-love-9781933372167","title":"Troubling Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman goes home to Naples after her mother's mysterious death in a \"tour de force\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing her mother's untimely and unexplained drowning, which was preceded by a series of strange phone calls, forty-five-year-old Delia leaves Rome and embarks on a voyage of discovery through the beguiling yet often hostile streets of her native Naples. She is searching for the truth about her family and the men in her mother's life, past and present, including an abusive husband. What she discovers will be more unsettling than she imagines, but will also reveal truths about herself, in this psychological mystery marked by \"tactile, beautifully restrained prose\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) about mothers and daughters and the complicated knot of lies and emotions that binds them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ferrante's polished language belies the rawness of her imagery.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With the quick-paced mystery guiding the story, Delia explores her relationship with her mother, unraveling memories and secrets repressed since childhood and coming to terms with an upbringing filled with jealousy and violence . . . \u003ci\u003eTroubling Love\u003c\/i\u003e is vivid and powerful.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ep\u0026gt;\u003cb\u003eElena Ferrante\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Days of Abandonment\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2005), which was made into a film directed by Roberto Faenza, \u003ci\u003eTroubling Love\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2006), adapted by Mario Martone, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author of a \u003ci\u003eFrantumaglia: A Writer's Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2016) in which she recounts her experience as a novelist, and a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, \u003ci\u003eThe Beach at Night\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2016). The four volumes known as the \"Neapolitan quartet\" (\u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of a New Name\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Lost Child\u003c\/i\u003e) were published in America by Europa between 2012 and 2015. The first season of the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, directed by Severio Costanzo premiered in 2018.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her translations for Europa Editions include novels by Amara Lakhous, Alessandro Piperno, and Elena Ferrante's bestselling \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614583591186,"sku":"9781933372167","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4cf6cd7-ba7e-405e-8084-5815baf11cd6.jpg?v=1732450620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/troubling-love-9781933372167","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}