MY ROMAN YEAR

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR''Aciman pieces together a rich tapestry of human emotion in a way few other contemporary writers can match.'' DAZED''Transporting . . . sensusous.'' OBSERVER''Compelling and witty.'' NEW STATESMAN1960s Rome. As teenage Andr stands on the dock his mother fusses over their luggage - 32 suitcases trunks and tea chests that contain their world. The ship will refuel and return to Alexandria the home where they have left their father as the Aciman family begin a new adventure in Rome. Andr is now head of the family with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for - for although she''s mute she is nothing if not communicative.Equal parts transporting and beautiful this coming of age memoir shares the luminous fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile living in Rome but still yet to find a home.