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9. Friendship
Episode 9 of 10
Giovanna gets closer to Guiliana. A teenage girl uncovers family secrets and lies in 1990s Naples. Read by Juliet Aubrey.
Giovanna gets closer to Guiliana to be near Roberto.
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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in September 2020.
Last on
Fri 22 Aug 2025
03:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Thu 10 Sep 2020 12:04ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Thu 10 Sep 2020 22:45ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Thu 21 Aug 2025 08:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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