2. Aunt Vittoria

Giovanna meets the infamous Aunt Vittoria.

A teenage girl uncovers family secrets and lies in 1990s Naples.

Elena Ferrante's novel abridged by Sara Davies

As Giovanna moves from childhood into adolescence, she becomes fascinated with her father's sister Vittoria, from whom he is estranged.

She goes down from the affluent heights of Naples where she has grown up in a wealthy left-wing family, into the depths of the rough neighbourhoods of her father's youth.

As she begins to excavate her family history, everything of which she was certain unravels.

Read by Juliet Aubrey

Producers: Mary Ward-Lowery & Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.