Io sono adele

"I Am Adele" tells the moving story of Adele Casagrande, a sixty-year-old woman who is entering a new phase of her life. After moving from Milan to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in Provence, she begins working as a housekeeper in a private household. As she tries to piece together the fragments of a family that is not her own, she is confronted with her own past, which she would prefer to keep hidden. The novel highlights the challenges Adele must face, including her parents' separation, the desire for financial independence, the difficulties of motherhood, and the burden of a secret pain from a failed marriage. Csaba dalla Zorza succeeds in revealing the inner world of a woman who appears to have everything from the outside while simultaneously seeking the courage to find her own happiness. "I Am Adele" is an intimate portrait of a woman who challenges herself and is willing to break her own rules to find the love and happiness she longs for.