Ergebnis für "Trauma" in Coming of Age

Der große Familienroman aus Italien – bewegend, identifikatorisch, menschlich wahr. Und plötzlich gibt es ein Davor und ein Danach. Rom, 1980er Jahre: es ist ein ruhiges, zufriedenes Leben, das die Familie Ansaldo führt. Der Alltag dreht sich um den Feinkostladen, in dem Marisa, Stelvio und ihre Tochter Betta arbeiten. Den Sommer verbringen sie seit Jahren in ihrem kleinen Haus am Meer. Aber als Betta nachts auf dem Weg zu einem Strandfest ums Leben kommt, ändert sich alles: der einst so harmonische Zusammenhalt der Familie bekommt Risse und niemand ahnt, welches Geheimnis Bettas Cousine Miriam belastet.

In 1966, Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she strives to fit into a world that does not understand her, she realises that survival will mean carving out a destiny of her own. Thirty years later, in London, her daughter Lily can barely remember the mother she lost as a small child. But when she is unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, she embarks on a secret pilgrimage to Hong Kong to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. 

Zwei glutheiße Sommer in der Lombardei: Leo verbringt die Tage damit, im etwas in die Jahre gekommenen Hotel ihrer Nonna auszuhelfen und die kuriosen Hinterlassenschaften der Gäste einzusammeln – einen Perlenohrring, eine Haarlocke. Als ein Unfall geschieht, für den Leo sich verantwortlich fühlt, ist ihre Kindheit schlagartig vorbei. Jahre später ist Leo wieder in Italien, doch nichts ist mehr, wie es war. Als eines Tages Dolores, eine junge amerikanische Geigenbauerin, in der Tür steht, verliebt sich Leo stürmisch in sie.

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