La sorella prediletta

Anemotionally charged novel of unexpected destinies and unbreakable bonds, where the lives of two sisters intertwine with real historical figures and the defining events of the 20th century.

Paris, 1920s. Estelle – radiant and compassionate – and Olympia – fierce and rebellious – are sisters divided by temperament but bound by a painful past. After their mother’s death, it is Olympia who raises Estelle as her own. But when Estelle falls in love with an American writer named Paul, a long-buried secret shatters their bond and forces Olympia to flee to a Spain on the brink of civil war.

Decades later, in Rome, a young journalist stumbles upon a novel published in Paris and New York in the 1960s. Following its trail, she discovers the extraordinary love story of Estelle and Paul, and Olympia’s final, silent act of devotion to her sister. A revelation powerful enough to reshape the past and prove that love can endure any distance.