The Tiger Man's Daughter: A Memoir of Loss and Belonging

In search of a lost father and of a path of light connecting us to faraway worlds.

Like so many dreamers of her generation, Laura, a young woman from Florence, travels to the heart of Africa in search of an authentic life, far from the hypocrisies of the modern world. There she meets Laconi, a young Indonesian dressed like a prince, with piercing eyes that belong to the wild. Together they begin a journey that will change everything.

Their daughter Geia is born in the lush heart of Indonesia,...