Binding

The finely worked cover envelops the pages yellowed by time. With delicate and expert gestures Sofia touches the skin and the paper to restore the book and bring it back to its former glory. Bookbinding is his passion. Only in this way can she not think about her life that is slipping from her hand day after day. When the time comes to work on the counterguards, Sofia's breath stops: inside they hide a surprise. They hide a handwritten page: it is the story of a woman, Clarice, passionate about art and books. A skilled bookbinder who lived in the early nineteenth century, when women were forbidden to exercise that profession. A woman who fought for her independence. In the dim light of a candle he entrusted that book with a message launched into the sea of time, and a challenge that can lead to an extraordinary discovery who will collect it. Sofia cannot believe the treasure she has in her hands. That woman seems to speak to his heart, to his betrayed desires. She is determined to find out who she is, and what her secret is. To help her shed light on this mystery will be Tomaso Leoni, a famous hunter of ancient books and expert in graphology. Together they follow the clues that find page after page, line after line, city after city. It is the books that choose us, and that book chose Sofia. After more than two hundred years, only she can give Clarice voice back. And only Clarice's story can give Sofia back the hope she had lost.