his sonBanana skins, important documents and nocturnal outburstsEvery evening, the goddess of rubbish grabs me by the hair and whispers: ‘Throw it all away.’byAnnalena Benini25 SEP 26
Family affairThe fierce struggle between loving and not loving, and letting go. Children includedOne loves with the fear of losing, protects with the risk of suffocating, stays with the fear of being imprisoned, and leaves whilst taking with one what one would prefer to leave behind. Family tensions taken to their extreme in Alessandra Carati’s novelbyFabrizio Floris19 SEP 26
Beyond traditionsJo Marsh’s school and its pluralistic imagination“Give us the same opportunities as men, and in a few generations we’ll see.” The words of Alice Heath, one of the protagonists, apply to any teenager todaybyJohnny L. Bertolio19 SEP 26
Il FiglioSchool has started again, but I have not. The epilogue to a storyNo thrills – my heart has stopped. It’s no longer my concern, not even the compassbyAnnalena Benini18 SEP 26
IL FIGLIOIvie’s battle with the system’s lightMaria Grazia Calandrone tells the story of a mother who has been fighting for over ten years to regain custody of her daughters, Grace and Mercy, who were taken from her by the Italian state on 19 June 2014, aged two and a half and twenty days respectivelybyLivia Chiriatti12 SEP 26
his sonThe boredom of Brian, a werewolf but, above all, a misunderstood soulA werewolf in retirement and a self-help start-up for his fellow werewolves: tales of loneliness, told with a balance of irony and terror. Because, as we all know, deep down it’s a nerve-wracking businessbyGiacomo Giossi12 SEP 26
Il FiglioThe September tax: the agonising ordeal of other people’s anecdotesMy daughter says it’s a matter of civil registration; I say it’s a question of genderbyAnnalena Benini11 SEP 26
Il FiglioA white heart. A different time, a new rhythm that gently soothes grief. A journey to JapanSilvia Fanfani makes her debut with "Un cuore bianco come un chicco di riso," a novel in which the pain of loss is transformed into a heart-wrenching account of possibilities that are no longer within reach, of events lost forever. Yet in Japan, these are seamlessly woven into the wonder of a daughter who now protects her motherbyGiacomo Giossi5 SEP 26
GET ANGRY!“No, I’m always good.” As if children weren’t allowed to feel angryChildren find it hard to talk to me about what upsets them, especially if the adults they rely on are with them.byIlaria Perversi4 SEP 26
Il FiglioA child-free summer is something quite different: the sky is more pinkThey preferred the scorching tarmac to the Greek seaside. Once the disappointment had passed, it was lovelybyAnnalena Benini4 SEP 26
