About the book: 2017 / The second part of the four-volume “Neapolitan quartet” that has won worldwide popularity continues the story of Leno Greco and Lila Cerullo. The friends grow up, their life paths inexorably diverge. They still strive to escape the squalor and poverty of the Neapolitan outskirts, but each chooses their own path. The impulsive Lila becomes Signora Carracci; wealth and a new name force her to renounce the self she was just yesterday, leaving behind the daring, talented girl who showed great promise. Lenu continues to study, trying to prove to herself that she can succeed even without her brilliant friend. The stuffy back streets of Naples, Ischia full of entertainment, university Pisa... in different settings, life will test the strength of the friendship of Lila and Lenu more than once, and they will again and again be convinced that the thread that connected them in childhood cannot be broken by any of them.