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10. Beautiful

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Giovanna wonders if Roberto was serious. A teenage girl uncovers family secrets and lies in 1990s Naples. Concluded by Juliet Aubrey.

Giovanna wonders if Roberto was serious about her being beautiful.

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.

Concluded by Juliet Aubrey

Producers: Mary Ward-Lowery & Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Aug 202503:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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