Il cielo non cade mai

Synopsis of Il cielo non cade mai

«Il cielo non cade mai» is the novel by Maria Venturi published by Rizzoli in paperback (264 pages, in Italian).

Francesca is eighteen, beautiful, rich and adored by her parents when she discovers she is adopted: she is the daughter of a Black prostitute murdered by a client. Pregnant by Nicola, he distances himself and her world collapses; but the birth of her daughter Cielo, of mixed-race skin, gives her strength to start again.

First edition, published in Milan in 1990.

For readers of contemporary Italian novels with family plots about adoption, motherhood and racial prejudice.