{"product_id":"a-very-cold-winter-by-fausta-cialente","title":"A Very Cold Winter by Fausta Cialente","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 5 NOV 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel of secrets and female solidarity set in post-war Milan, by one of Italy’s most significant women writers. Translated by Julia Nelsen. It is 1946 and Milan is in ruins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCamilla opens her illegally occupied attic to her extended family as they rebuild their lives among the rubble. The absence of men – lost to war, death, or abandonment – leaves the burden of survival to the women, who use the attic to begin to imagine fragile futures: Camilla works to carry the family toward dignity and normalcy; Lalla dreams of becoming a novelist to escape their grim reality; Regina, widowed by the war, pins her hopes on her infant daughter; Alba chases independence and love. Varying political ideologies, loyalties, and wartime secrets filter through the house, creating a thick net of tension. Fausta Cialente’s exquisite prose captures the frailty of the human heart in its desperate search for connection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the narrative roams from the thoughts of character to character, the residents of the attic consider their own complicity and moral compromises. Tender, thought-provoking, and devastatingly beautiful, A Very Cold Winter is about the impossibility of forgetting the past and the difficulty of living with it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Publication: 5 Nov 2026, Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398564039\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 240 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57754062881150,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781398564039.jpg?v=1785152637","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/a-very-cold-winter-by-fausta-cialente","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}