I admit it: I was attracted so badly by this beautiful book written by Charlotte Lucas C'è sempre un lieto fine There is always an happy end because of the title and attracting cover.We all need happy endings; encouragements, positive vibes, isn't it true? And things, in life can't just go continuously wrong because it would be unfair. I thought that this book would have made the difference: and, it did it!
But more: while I was reading it I can tell you I appreciated elements that I love so badly in books; humor, irony; the story is constructed for presenting funny and hilarious moments in grade of refreshing our souls.
Plenty of dialogues, this book is a quick reading; you will appreciate the sardonic irony of Oscar de Witt, the paradoxical situations experienced by Ella, Emilia Faust, a fresh and enchanting character.
The story: Ella is in love with Philip, but Philip with the time doesn't appreciate anymore some treats of her character. He doesn't love the fact that she is a dreaming girl, and he doesn't tolerate a lot that blog where Ella re-writes her "better endings" about movies and books, when these movies and books don't have the best happy end of this world.
Ella was grown up thinking and acting romantically regarding life and when she receives the news of a potential break up from Philip, her boyfriend of a life, desperate, she decides to go out for thinking a bit.The bicycle of Philip will be perfect, when...Ops, she doesn't see a man and invests him.
Ella is desperate: she would want to try to understand who this man is but there is not anymore any man close to the area of the incident.
Some men tell her that the man returned home without...shoes. We are in Amsterdam, a cold city. It's night.
Bloody hell, what a situation. Ella discovers the jacket and the wallet of this mysterious man. His identity: Oscar de Witt.
Ella visits thanks to the keys discovered in the personal effects the house where Oscar lives; it's a shocking situation:a complete devastation. It needs to be massively cleaned up. For the second time, after some hours from this first incident, another strong meeting with de Witt; Ella decides that maybe it's better to call an ambulance, this time.
De Witt is a peculiar man. Rich, stubborn, without memory, and not just because of the incidents experienced with Ella, but because affected by a post traumatic stress disorder; slowly, Ella will understand what there is behind the human story of de Witt; a wife and a son.
Ella starts to work for him as a maid discovering more about the past of this man, while Philip will try to recuperate his relationship with Ella...
If you search for an optimistic reading, this book is for you!
Highly recommended.
I thank Garzanti for the copy of this book.
Anna Maria Polidori
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