Another raw and unflinching novel about being a woman, a wife and a mother from Elena Ferrante, Days of Abandonment is about a woman whose husband leaves her for a younger woman, how she falls apart and how she sews herself and her family back together stitch by stitch. Olga is 38 when her husband leaves her; she has two small children, one of whom falls sick along with the family dog. She goes a little crazy, sinks into herself and when she swims back up, the world is transformed. It was a hard book to read and also a hard book to put down. see my full review: http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2012/10/review-days-of-abandonment-by-elena.html
