Due to the summer holidays the apartment building she lives in is virtually empty. She finds herself completely unable to focus, but eventually pulls out of it and, when her downstairs neighbour comes by to check on her, is able to open the door herself. Olga's son is fine, though her dog dies. She eventually rebuilds her life, arranging for joint custody with Mario. Though her friends try to set her up with men, she shies away from them. One of her friends invites her to a concert where she sees her downstairs neighbour playing in the orchestra. Realizing that perhaps she has misjudged him, she contacts him again and the two attempt a relationship. Reception The novel received positive notices upon its release. Prior to the Neapolitan Novels, The Days of Abandonment was Ferrante's most popular book in English. References  Category:Novels by Elena Ferrante Category:2002 Italian novels Category:Novels set in Turin Category:Italian novels adapted into films
Due to the summer holidays the apartment building she lives in is virtually empty. She finds herself completely unable to focus, but eventually pulls out of it and, when her downstairs neighbour comes by to check on her, is able to open the door herself. Olga's son is fine, though her dog dies. She eventually rebuilds her life, arranging for joint custody with Mario. Though her friends try to set her up with men, she shies away from them. One of her friends invites her to a concert where she sees her downstairs neighbour playing in the orchestra. Realizing that perhaps she has misjudged him, she contacts him again and the two attempt a relationship. Reception
 The novel received positive notices upon its release. Prior to the Neapolitan Novels, The Days of Abandonment was Ferrante's most popular book in English. References
 Category:Novels by Elena Ferrante
 Category:2002 Italian novels
 Category:Novels set in Turin
 Category:Italian novels adapted into films