Raising Butterflies

"The wooden house burns in the night like a small volcano erupting in the center of the valley. Bright flames rise into the black sky among the serene mountains... And in an instant, everything collapses." The chalet collapses, inexplicably ignited in the night. The life of one of the women who sent her daughters for a short winter vacation in this chalet collapses. Serena has never seen herself as a mother - even after giving birth to a daughter. Serena is a "blonde shark," a talented employee of an investment bank, self-sufficient, independent, and no one tells her what to do. But after this night fire, her orderly and prosperous life gradually sinks into an unfathomable black nightmare. What is maternal instinct? How is it that it is stronger than anything in the world? And the disdain of others, and despair. And fate. And fire. Donato Carrisi is a well-known Italian writer, playwright, and screenwriter, a former lawyer, a specialist in forensic science and behavioral sciences, a winner of the Italian Bancarella Prize (2009), the French Prix SNCF du polar (2011), and others, author of bestsellers translated into over 40 languages, with a total circulation of over 20 million copies. His new novel "Raising Butterflies," already sold in more than 220,000 copies in Italy alone, tells a haunting, hypnotic story of a woman's journey in search of a missing child. An endless dive into the most terrifying, most secret corners of the human soul. Where love lives. Where fears nest. Where monsters lurk.