Book Festival: Mary Morris

Description

Thirty years ago, Laura’s mother, Viola, vanished, leaving behind her keys, purse, and haunting paintings of a red house. On the back of each, she wrote in Italian, “I will not be here forever.” The family never understood what Viola meant. Decades later, at a crossroads, Laura returns to Italy, where her parents met after WWII. There, a mysterious scavenger hunt leads her from her hometown of Brindisi, deep into Puglia and through Naples and Turin, uncovering secrets of Viola’s past and Italy’s wartime history. As Laura pieces together her mother’s life, long buried truths surface, revealing a story of identity, loss, and the enduring bond between mother and daughter.