Livia and the Crooked Tree

A luminous coming-of-age story of belonging, courage, and the quiet power of seeing beyond fear when it matters most

In a small Italian hilltop village where life follows the steady rhythm of the olive harvest, ten-year-old Daniele has always known where he belongs. Then Livia arrives-slight, pale, and impossible to ignore-living in a crumbling house beneath a crooked olive tree that has never borne fruit. At first, she is only a curiosity. But when the harvest begins to fail, whispers take ...