From the roof of the building, Alice is able to admire all of Paris. In front of so much beauty, what she has left behind no longer hurts so much. With her she has brought only the most important thing: her bees. There, dozens of meters high, is her hive, a magical place for her. But now the bees have disappeared, and Alice knows that this is a message for her. They have always shown her the way. So when the phone rings, she realizes that everything is about to change: her sister Emma, the person she has loved like no other but hasn’t heard from in two years because of a silly argument, is gone. Before she left, however, she left her the greatest gift: her daughter. Alice did not know she had a granddaughter and has no idea how to raise a child. She doesn’t feel up to it. She must find someone to take care of her, even if that means going to Sardinia, the island that is the backdrop for so many of her family’s stories. The island where she will see her bees fly lightly and reflect the sun in flashes of gold. Where even love will have a new meaning. The smells, tastes and wind of that faraway land will bring down all her certainties one by one, while her roots will resurface from the earth. For to move forward we must know who we have been. Like a bee who always remembers the way to the hive, we all need to find a place to call home. Cristina Caboni returns with a novel that is an ode to nature. The author tells us about what is closest to her heart, the magic of bees and the defense of their world. A story of choices and family ties. Of love and hope. Between the charms of Paris and those of Sardinia, a girl tries to break down the barriers that divide her from her true self. (Source IBS.co.uk)
A novelist, she made her debut as a writer in 2014 with The Path of Perfumes, published by Garzanti and later became a best seller also published in several other countries.
