My Roman Year

<p><b>FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR<br></b><br><b>‘Aciman pieces together a rich tapestry of human emotion in a way few other contemporary writers can match.’ <i>DAZED</i></b><br><b>'Transporting . . . sensusous.' <i>OBSERVER<br></i>'Compelling and witty.' <i>NEW STATESMAN</i><br></b><br>1960s Rome. As teenage André stands on the dock, his mother fusses over their luggage – 32 suitcases, trunks and tea chests that contain their world. The ship will refuel and return to Alexandria, the home where they have left their father, as the Aciman family begin a new adventure in Rome. André is now head of the family, with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for – for although she’s mute, she is nothing if not communicative.<br><br>Equal parts transporting and beautiful, this coming of age memoir shares the luminous, fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile, living in Rome, but still yet to find a home.</p>