The Story of the Lost Child () is a 2014 novel written by Italian author Elena Ferrante. It is the fourth and final installment of her Neapolitan Novels, preceded by My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name, and Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. It was translated to English by Ann Goldstein in 2015. Since 2018, the series of books has been adapted for a TV show, produced by HBO and RAI. The final season of the show will adapt the fourth novel. Plot After spending two pleasant weeks with Nino in France, Lenù comes back home and discovers that he had lied about leaving his wife. She decides however to continue with him, and to go back to Naples to be close to him. There, she once again becomes pregnant. Lila becomes pregnant at the same time by Enzo, and they give birth to two daughters only three weeks apart. Lila names her daughter Nunzia (known as Tina), llike her mother, and Lenù names her daughter Immacolata (known as Imma), also like her mother, who is dying of cancer. Lenù discovers through Lila that Nino continues to be unfaithful, having had a series of affairs and even propositioned Lila again. She decided to leave him and goes back to the neighborhood, living close to Lila. Michele Solara attacks Lila in the funerals of Alsonso Carraci, killed in a homophobic attack. In response, Lila and Lenù write an article dennouncing the Solaras, who know sell heroin in the neighborhood. The article brings more fame to Lenù, who has just published her third book. On September 16, 1984, Lenù invites Nino for lunch, asking him to see his daughter Imma more often. When everyone is outside, and Nino is speaking to Lila, Tina disappears mysteriously. In spite of all their efforts, they are unable to locate her or to find out what happened. Enzo becomes destroyed by pain, believing the Solaras have killed her as pay back, while Lila believes that she is still alive. Their marriage falls apart after the loss of the child. The Solaras are assassinated in front of the church a while later. Pasquale and Nadia are arrested for their role as communist attivists during the seventies, but Pasquale refuses to answer if he is responsible for the Solaras' murder. In 1992, Lenù leaves the neighborhood, moving with her daughters to Turin. Having