One of the many activities that has had to give way as a working mum of two is reading for pleasure. But I’m trying hard to find just a few minutes each day to read more. This explains why I am more than a decade late to making my way through Elena Ferrante’s magnificent four-book series, the Neapolitan Quartet.
The books are extraordinary for the beautiful way they’re written and their portrayal of family life and class conflict, as well as their exploration of the very different worlds of men and women. But the reason I have fallen in love with the series – which follows the relationship between Elena Greco and Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo as they grow through girlhood into womanhood – is because they are fundamentally about female friendship.
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