After marrying Nico, Maggie gained not only a loving husband for herself and a kind stepfather for her ten-year-old son, but also an entire crowd of new relatives from the Farinelli clan: an arrogant and domineering mother-in-law, Anna; a noisy, fiery brother-in-law, Massimo, with his colorless wife Lara and timid son Sandro; and her stepdaughter Francesca, Nico’s daughter from his first wife who burned away after cancer.
No matter how Maggie fights, the teenage girl refuses to accept her stepmother, and in between them stands a wall of a family secret… But Maggie, with her light soul and calm optimism, isn’t going to give up! An incredibly touching and vivid novel explores family relationships that sometimes turn into emotional American roller coasters, forcing you to look into the very depths of your own heart.