It had happened almost overnight. She had turned into a beauty, curvaceous and voluptuous, and she wasn’t ashamed of her new body, either. In fact, Maria Grazia now actively met men’s eyes when she was out in the street or at the bakery. She was aware of the effect when she opened her mouth a little, her lips parted slightly. It was one of the best combinations imaginable: naughty yet gracious. Whenever Giuseppe spotted her in the street, he immediately looked away. He was afraid of her; a mere glimpse of her hair hanging in loose waves down her back was enough to set his pulse racing. They never spoke these days, but his right hand missed her left hand, the hand he’d held all summer for years on end. My father’s father’s father lived in the house in which I too grew up. It’s on the edge of the village, which was hardly any smaller back then than it is now. Most of the houses have thick walls that are more than a hundred years old.
What do You think about The Ice-Cream Makers (2016)?
