Cristina Caboni presents “La ragazza senza radici” in Genuri

The literary meeting includes a tasting tour of Genuri’s new wines curated by local producers. As a gift to all participants, the “wine bags” (“busta po sa butilia”) made by the Women of the social aggregation center.

In collaboration with Comune di Genuri, Sistema Bibliotecario della Marmilla and Agorà Sardegna.

Free and open admission

CRISTINA CABONI lives with her husband and three children in the province of Cagliari, where she runs the family beekeeping business. She is the author of the novels Il sentiero dei profumi (The Path of Perfumes) – a bestseller sold all over the world, adored by readers and the press, which has reached the top of the Italian and foreign charts – and its sequel, Il profumo sa chi sei (The Perfume Knows Who You Are), La custode del miele e delle api (The Keeper of Honey and Bees), Il giardino dei fiori segreti (The Garden of Secret Flowers) – Premio Selezione Bancarella 2017 –, La rilegatrice di storie perdute (The Bookbinder of Lost Stories) and La stanza della tessitrice (The Weaver’s Room).

La ragazza senza radici (Garzanti, 2024)
A wine that rested on the sandy seabed, lulled by the waves. Adeline had never heard of anything like it. And yet, since she tasted it, something in her has changed. Perhaps because it was given to her by Miranda, the old woman who one day, out of the blue, showed up at the archives of the municipality of Nice, where Adeline works, to get information about a son she thought had died at birth. Miranda is certain she saw him, now an adult, but she didn’t have time to stop him. Adeline knows she shouldn’t give in to his requests, that the past is the past and should be left where it is. She repeats it to herself every day so as not to think about the parents who abandoned her as a newborn without ever looking for her. Now she is a fulfilled woman, she shouldn’t look back. But the emotion and desperation she saw in Miranda’s eyes have moved something inside her. She must help her find her son. Always fascinated by genealogy, Adeline is capable of rummaging through old documents and forgotten papers to find a clue; a search in which she would like to have Damien by her side, the social worker who taught her to look ahead and heal her wounds. But he is afraid that investigating the origins of a family could hurt her too much. Adeline is aware of this, but something special ties her to Miranda. What she doesn’t know is that families always hide secrets that don’t necessarily have to be revealed. Some can call everything into question. Her novels dominate the charts and move readers. No one like Cristina Caboni knows how to enter the hearts of the protagonists, making us experience their dreams, fears, insecurities and joys. Now it’s Adeline’s turn who, without having a past, helps another woman discover hers. The fascinating world of wine and vine cultivation is the backdrop to a story that speaks of all of us, because we are all a web of relationships, family and emotional bonds.