Hummingbird. Sandro Veronesi. 2022.

Marco Carrera is ‘the hummingbird’, a man who stands still in the face of an ever-changing world. 

As he navigates the challenges of life - confronting the death of his sister; taking care of his elderly parents; raising his granddaughter when her mother can no longer be there for her; coming to terms with his love for the enigmatic Luisa - Marco Carrera comes to represent the quiet heroism that pervades so much of our everyday existence. 

A surprising and deeply ,loving reinvention of the family saga, this is a thrilling novel about the need to look to the future with home and live with intensity to the very end.