The Siren's scream
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1943. In a Palermo devastated by Allied bombing, 12-year-old Cristina, suffering from polio, losesher home in the old Albergheria neighborhood and with her family is forced to take refuge at hergrandmother's house in the suburbs. In the story, the events and violence of History intersect withthose of which Cristina is a victim. Her lifeline is represented by her deep friendship with her cousinFranca and with the very rich young marquise Laura Betalli, a cultured and feminist ante litteram.Amidst a thousand difficulties, readings, smiles, music, fears, horrors and first romanticexperiences, the three girls will realize their aspirations, and Cristina will succeed, with herstubbornness and passion for art, in finding the human redemption to which she aspires. A story ofhope and resilience.