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My Brilliant Friend Recap: Madwoman in the Attic
An unthinkable tragedy has Lila spiraling into grief.
If Lila has always maintained an implacable front, even as the boundaries of her world dissolved and she was scared, sick, or angry, now, as she spirals into grief, she begins to resemble Antonio’s mom, old Melina Cappuccio, the neighborhood’s erstwhile crazy lady. As she lights candles on an altar built for her missing daughter, Lila finds a dead bird wrapped in a piece of fabric amongst the trinkets and rosaries adorning the ledge. When Lenù first returned to Naples after leaving Florence, she noticed how people in the neighborhood had started treating her with devoted reverence; now, as she walks down the street, it’s as if a force field repels others from coming in too close.
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