La rivoluzione dei piccoli gesti

An uplifting debut novel that cheers you up and gives practical advice on how to improve your life and rediscover the beauty in everyday occurrences and small things through the story of Ella and Durante.

Durante is the surly owner of a café in a small district that comes alive only in the summer. Ella is the foreigner who, although accepted with suspicion, gives him an unexpected present: a notebook that is a collection of suggestions for finding happiness again through small acts and rediscovering the joys of everyday life – acts some may consider insignificant, but which Ella knows to have healing powers. Certainly, Durante seems to need to create new habits so he can see in a new light the old ones he takes for granted. Consequently, Ella gently guides him through his everyday adventures: making jam with fresh apricots, organising a brunch and watching shooting stars together on the night of San Lorenzo.

Perhaps Durante, too, will help Ella get over her painful past…