Gli anni in tasca

Ilaria is an only child. She’s a very curious girl, a little shy and with a vivid imagination.

È un’infanzia poco convenzionale e di gusto neorealista, raccontata con umorismo e affetto, quella che Antonio Ferrara offre ai lettori in questo nuovo volume della collana Anni in tasca, dedicata

The title, Bestiario familiare, immediately brings to mind the medieval bestiaries, which used to describe animals with educational purpose.

When I'm in primary school, sometimes I go at the kindergarten where my mom works. I'm allowed to go see the babies at the nursery next door.

The first sound I heard was my mother's heartbeat.

If your parents are ice cream makers you have many advantages but some misfortune too, because summer is not holiday time, it's  working season. This is why Janna is sent to a summer camp.

I was six years old. Once, uncle Bernard came to see us. After dinner, my sisters and I started playing.