Fragile Age

A quiet town in Abruzzo harbors a dark secret. Lucia, who became an unwitting witness to a tragedy thirty years ago, is forced to inherit the land where it all took place. At the same time, Lucia's daughter, Amanda, returns home from Milan broken and withdrawn. The mother wants to help her, to support and protect her with love, but the attempts remain fruitless: before becoming a pillar for her daughter, Lucia needs to come to terms with her own past.
In 2024, the novel by Donatella Di Pietrantonio won the prestigious Italian literary award Strega. This story is about the fragility of the human soul, forgiveness, healing, and hope. And about how a happy future is possible, even if the scars from the heavy events experienced in youth are our only inheritance.