Memory girl
by Praderio, Anna
Clarice is 25 and has a passion for stories—both other people’s (she’s a journalist) and her own, preserved in the form of memories, sometimes painful, and photographs tucked away in a box. The most recent one: a great love that has come to an end.
During a magical night at the Venice Film Festival—with a Hollywood diva asking for her help and an Amy Winehouse song playing in her head—she discovers she possesses a gift: an inexplicable power capable of revealing truths and igniting hope. Mission after mission—with the rhythm of La La Land and the grace of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, balancing the tangible world with the realm of dreams—Clarice, a superhero of everyday reality, joins forces with her two friends and accomplices, Michele and Luna, to wage a quiet yet persistent battle for justice. The setting is a romantic, cinematic Milan, filled with secret gardens and masquerade balls, echoing with the voice of Timothée Chalamet and lines from timeless films.
Part feminist fairy tale, urban fantasy, sparkling rom-com, and coming-of-age story, Memory Girl is a thoroughly contemporary tale of empowerment, deeply infused with a love for cinema. It serves as a map of quotes, memories, and realizations that help Clarice find her bearings—not just for the future, but to carve out a place for herself here and now. It carries the invincible lightness of a musical, and of a life that is still waiting to be fully lived.
- Publishing house Glifi Gallucci
- Year of publication 2026
- Number of pages 320
- ISBN 9791222110806
- Foreign Rights Silvia Seminara, coeditions@galluccieditore.com
- Awards Vincitore Premio Letterario Kerasion 2026 - Sezione narrativa
- Price 16.50
Praderio, Anna
Anna Praderio is a journalist for Mediaset’s TG5 news program, where she has covered film-related news since the show’s inception in 1992. Since 2007, she has curated the segment “Note di Cinema” (“Film Notes”) for the thematic channel Iris. She has written for the Milan edition of the newspaper la Repubblica and is a member of the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (Italian Film Academy), which presents the David di Donatello awards. Memory Girl is her first novel.
