Cristina Caboni lives with her husband and three children in the province of Cagliari, where she manages the family beekeeping business. She is the author of several novels, including Il sentiero dei profumi – a worldwide bestseller beloved by readers and the press, which topped both Italian and international charts – Il profumo sa chi sei; La custode del miele e delle api; Il giardino dei fiori segreti – Bancarella Selection Prize 2017 –; La rilegatrice di storie perdute; La stanza della tessitrice; La casa degli specchi; La ragazza dei colori; La via del miele; La collana di cristallo e La ragazza senza radici, all published by Garzanti. Her latest novel, published in 2025, is titled La rotta delle stelle.
Cristina Caboni takes us into a world of shattered dreams and new beginnings — of a past one wishes to forget and a future yet to be built.
A wine that rested on the sandy bottom of the sea, cradled by the waves. Adeline had never heard of anything like it. Yet, ever since she tasted it, something in her changed. Perhaps because it was Miranda, the elderly woman who suddenly turned up one day at the archives of the municipality of Nice, where Adeline works, to get information about a son she thought had died at birth.
The blown glass swells as it waits to take shape: it is almost like magic, and when the wonder is realized,
Juliet feels strong and safe. Her family members always make her feel out of place, they do not accept her
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