The videocall
We are in Italy and we are staying with Otto’s nonna, my mum. I leave them together on the sofa and go for a shower.
A handful of minutes later, Otto arrives in the bathroom holding nonna’s phone towards me: I know this situation, he did something he can’t solve, and I need to intervene.
“Mami…”
I glance at the phone: that’s me under the shower and this is a videocall. A lady I have never seen before is laughing with a hand on her mouth.
Nice to meet you, Signora Anna Maria.
[3 years, 8 months]
This book collects conversations with my son Otto between the age of two and five.
Some stories are poetic, some are absurd, some are funny. Lots of them are simply normal.
The world speaks English to Otto, while I speak to him in my mother tongue: Italian. These stories contain both languages, and you can enjoy them while learning some Italian easily.
If you want to see what another family’s routine looks like, here you will find snippets of our days: a celebration of the mundane and an attempt to look for splendour in everyday life’s corners.
You can also find it on Amazon.co.uk here, paper and kindle editions available.