๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ and his new novel โ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ถโ. Summer is about to give way to the first cool days of autumn when Caterina’s life is turned upside down. Her words first become glances and then fragments of emotions, left to wander through her memory as it recomposes itself.
Along with Caterina‘s life, events and situations unfold around her that make her realize that her entire family is going through a difficult time and that perhaps the time has come to come to terms with the past through the eyes of the future, or rather through her granddaughter, with whom she has no relationship whatsoever.
The plot: Caterina locks herself in her house on the outskirts of Perugia, struck by a stroke that prevents her from speaking and deprives her of her only passion: cooking. One Saturday, her son Alessandro, in crisis at work and at home, forgets Caterina at the speech therapist’s and asks his daughter Lucrezia to pick her up. There is no relationship between grandmother and granddaughter, but this fortuitous event will change the fortunes of the two women. The young aspiring influencer obtains her grandmother’s consent to have packages delivered to her home, because her grandmother is always there. Thus begins a collaboration, but Lucrezia hides a secret. When the truth comes to light, the girl will have to abandon her lifestyle, and Caterina will play a decisive role in this process of change. Parole in grammi is a bittersweet comedy of life, where souls are never lost and where cooking is a gesture of love capable of warming even the hardest of hearts. Because family is the flour that unites and sweetens everything.
Sometimes certain things happen simply to make room in our hearts for the beauty that is yet to come and for the surprises that life has in store for us, for better or for worse.
Caterina Fazio in her heart, in her life, to her son Alessandro and her granddaughter Letizia, ensuring that the place that has always been her refuge (the kitchen) can become a new starting point for new opportunities.
I loved this story for the authenticity of its emotions, for its truthful portrayal of the difficult confrontation that can exist between generations, and because it is not always necessary to have grand speeches or blessed words to begin to understand each other or to start doing so again. Sometimes a glance or simply listening with your heart is enough.
Melissa Turchi was born in 1972 in Siena, where she graduated in Economics and Banking from the University of Siena. She works in a bank. She has always combined numbers and scientific studies with a love of literature and writing, which she has cultivated in secret for years.
