La ninnananna degli alberi

For twenty years Isabella has tried to lead a normal existence following the mysterious disappearance of her twin sister Valeria in the Appenine woods.

Her aunt’s death forces her to return to the places and the people she has tried to forget, and to search for the truth she was unable to see in the past.

December 2018. Isabella has not set foot back in her aunt’s house, where she and her twin sister Valeria used to spend their summer holidays, bathing in the stream, chatting in the town square, experiencing their first kiss and exploring dilapidated villas in the woods.

One July evening, twenty years ago, Valeria did not come home. She vanished into thin air, leaving in her wake only unanswered questions. For twenty years, Isabella has felt as though half of her is missing. Over time, she has tried to have a normal life and, with an ex-husband and a daughter, she has built walls against memories and people from the past, and has never gone beyond it – that is until the death of her aunt Adele, who has bequeathed her house to her and, in it, a clue. Isabella knows that she can do nothing except follow this clue, be overwhelmed by the past and search for the truth that has escaped her for twenty years.