Missing
Puzzles – A Novel by Maria Teresa De Donato
Review
by Anna Valente
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Missing
Puzzles, a book by Maria Teresa De Donato. A genealogical
research of a family with many lustres, both in the paternal and maternal
surname. Mariateresa takes us on this journey that reaches Ireland and Spain,
but not only. Noble ties with the emperor Frederick II. However, what struck me
the most was not the search for ancestors who could be the missing puzzle but
rather the search for memories. Of happy moments and not with the family. The
moments with the grandmother who accompanied her growing up, with the smell of
good food. The bond with a land that had moved with her mother but was never
denied. The bond with that mother who had become the true cornerstone of that
family. That father who carried within himself the weight of an economic well-being
that he no longer had.
Here
is the missing link that involved me the most: those memories that do not
belong to nobility but to a noble heart that, through the search for its
ancestors, tells us about its true wealth: the family. Yes, the family that, in
dark or bright moments, left her not gold but a baggage full of emotions.
Congratulations,
Mariateresa. Thank you for making me travel with you, during your time and life.
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