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“I have never seen a man without sorrows, yet the world always changes.”
– Romanos Melodos, famous Greek hymnographer
– Romanos Melodos, famous Greek hymnographer
A true story of love and loss.
After the death of her dearly beloved husband, George, Francesca loses all sense of time and direction. Her life comes to a standstill and her days are filled with despair and loneliness. The love that was supposed to last her a lifetime departs too early, and leaves her feeling as if all doors have closed and life will never have the same joy and lightness of being ever again. She shuts herself in the villa she had built with her husband in Corfu, almost as if she were a statue behind a closed door. Over the course of a few years and some wonderful moments with her petite fée, Marlène, Francesca learns to live again.
After the death of her dearly beloved husband, George, Francesca loses all sense of time and direction. Her life comes to a standstill and her days are filled with despair and loneliness. The love that was supposed to last her a lifetime departs too early, and leaves her feeling as if all doors have closed and life will never have the same joy and lightness of being ever again. She shuts herself in the villa she had built with her husband in Corfu, almost as if she were a statue behind a closed door. Over the course of a few years and some wonderful moments with her petite fée, Marlène, Francesca learns to live again.
After George’s death, Marlène promises to visit Francesca in Corfu every year for a week. The time that they spend together during these annual visits leave them feeling enriched and reinvigorated. The conversations they share help Francesca learn to find herself again, and to remember that love never leaves. It surrounds us always, helping us take one step after the next until we find our centre again.
This is a true story of love and loss. This is Francesca’s journey from despair to hope, and from lost faith to insightful living.
About the Author:
Francesca Liacopoulos-Fawer, a Swiss citizen, was born in 1952 and has been living in Crans-Montana since 1981. Following the loss of her husband, she made a pilgrimage with her sister on the Way of St.James in 2009, where her first short stories were written. Three of these stories were published in an anthology in 2012. Further stories appeared in anthologies published by Novum publishing house.
Her first book, Jakob: Diary of an adventurous and emotional pilgrimage through Spain, was published in 2014 by Novum. Her second book, Magie des Lebens, was published in 2017 by Paramon.
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