The Lost Daughter is a profound exploration of the conflicting emotions that tie women to their children.
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'Ferrante's gift for psychological horror renders it immediate and visceral.' New Yorker 'This superb and scary Italian writer...has blown the lid off tempestuous parent-child relations.' Seattle Times 'So refined, almost translucent, that it seems about to float away, in the end this piercing novel is not so easily dislodged from the memory.' Boston Globe 'It's Leda's voice that's hypnotic, and it's the writing that makes it that way. Ferrante can do a woman's interior dialogue like no one else, with a ferocity that is shockingly honest, unnervingly blunt.' Booklist 'Ferrante's prose is stunningly candid, direct and unforgettable. From simple elements, she builds a powerful tale of hope and regret.' Publishers Weekly '[The Lost Daughter] seems to me close to perfection...Marvellous stuff this: Ferrante knows her (or maybe his) Freud through and through and works wonders with it.' Age/Sydney Morning Herald 'With cold determination, Ferrante conveys both the selfishness and the courage that comes with admitting your own maternal shortcomings.' New Zealand Listener 'I don't think I've ever encountered in fiction a woman's sensibility quite like the one Ferrante creates...There is nothing sentimental in this or any of Elena Ferrante's novels, nothing glib or comforting. Except, of course, the comfort that's always given by great novels, no matter how brutal-and that's the comfort of recognition.' Sarah Kanowski, Radio National Books and Arts, Best Books of 2015
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