A young working-class wife and mother, Giovanna, has no time for the senile elderly man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers the stranger's secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart that she never expected; a freedom that will lead her to the arms of a neighbor she secretly adores, and to fulfillment her husband and family cannot provide. Don't miss this critically-acclaimed, award-winning romance.

"AN AMBITIOUS ROMANTIC PUZZLE! THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE ACTORS BRINGS IT ALL QUITE IMPRESSIVELY TO LIFE." - NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"SEDUCTIVE! A LUSH, SURREALLY-FLAVORED IMMERSION IN VOYEURISM AND ROMANTIC DREAMS." - Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"AN AMBITIOUS ROMANTIC PUZZLE! THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE ACTORS BRINGS IT ALL QUITE IMPRESSIVELY TO LIFE." - NEW YORK MAGAZINE