To prove his innocence Elle must leap back centuries in time
offering a nuanced look at the tension between idealism and reality
the Marxist revolutionary who raised him
While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover
she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life
The Story of a Lost Child elena To prove his innocence ElleNeapolitan Novels #4. The Story of the Lost Child is the concluding volume in the dazzling saga of two women the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults, with husbands, lovers, aging parents, and children. Their friendship has been the gravitational center of their lives. Both women fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos. Elena married,