THE ONE THING YOU SAVE MIGHT ONE DAY SAVE YOU
Ahandywomanwhocanfixeverythingbutherself.
Abankruptjunkstoreonthevergeofeviction.
Apotpourriofirresistiblecharactersessentialtothe neighborhood’seconomy.
Whenlifeseemscrackedandbroken,whosaysyou can’tmakeitwholeagain?
Lorenza Gentile was born and currently lives in Milan. She is the author of: Teo (Edoardo Kihlgren Prize and the Critics Prize of the Literaturhaus of Vienna), La felicità è una storia semplice and Le piccole libertà.
Gea lives in a small apartment in Milan, surrounded by objects that might sooner or later be of use. In a world that throws things out, she cultivates her little vegetable garden, recycles, repairs, and redistributes everything from bicycles to origami poems. At twenty-seven years old, she makes ends meet by working as a local handywoman, surrounded by her quirky neighbors: the building's 80-year-old doorman, a taciturn pensioner, the energetic woman who runs the diner bar down the street, a 14-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a bus driver.
But Gea is lonely. People her age don’t understand her, perhaps because she grew up in the middle of nowhere, with an apocalyptic father who taught her to prepare for the end of the world. Or because she sorely misses her brother, who always dreamed of living in the middle of a big city. Gea tries not to think about the past or where her family is now. She has a bigger mission for the time being: to save the local junk store she knows and loves from a real estate speculator who wants to vacate it and sell it to the highest bidder. Gea must find an ally, and fast, because if she can’t fix the past, at least she can create a better future. And in the meantime she just may find love and friendship.
I owe the success of my previous novel, LE PICCOLE LIBERTÀ (Shakespeare in Paris) to you. Thank you for supporting and recommending it to your readers who still send me enthusiastic messages.
Just as that novel was inspired by my experience working and living in the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. This new work was inspired by another personal experience. My grandfather was an antique dealer. My grandmother became an enterprising junk dealer in the 1970’s. Once a month, she would leave for London and return to Italy laden with furniture and artifacts to sell. Thanks to her, I grew up surrounded by objects (some call junk) with a story to tell. I adopted her values about the importance of the past and that everything can be restored andadjusted…notonlyobjects,butalsorelationships. Likemypreviousnovel,thisoneinvitesthereadertodiscoverhis or her own path and to muster the courage to follow it, wherever itmaylead.
In an increasingly globalized world which can be cold andindifferent, fast and furious, The Little Things That Save Us speaks of thevalue of a neighborhood, or a village and its history, of simplethings,andoftruesharing. In elusive and uncertain times like ours, I think it is fundamental to our well being to regain a sense of belonging, to carve out personaltimeandspacethatwillgiveourlivesmeaning.
Dati tecnici pag 320
euro 19,00 isbn 978-88-07-03547-0
In libreria da: maggio 2023
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