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17 July 2026

La maledizione della spilla

by Ortolan, Federica
La maledizione della spilla

Lucia’s life changes suddenly when her family decides to move into her great-grandmother’s house. It is one of those family decisions she finds incomprehensible and unreasonable, much like the rule forbidding all women in the family line from owning sharp objects. Lucia breaks the ban for the first time by keeping a brooch she found at the bottom of one of her great-grandmother’s drawers. From that moment on, however, strange events begin to unfold. The mysteries become increasingly frequent and frightening, to the point where Lucia begins to sense a link between the brooch and the history of her ancestors. As she delves into her family history, she learns that all the men in the family have died violent deaths: stabbed or impaled. And her mum is now pregnant with a boy. With the help of Egle, her elderly neighbour, Lucia will discover the existence of a curse to which her entire lineage has fallen victim. Will she manage to break it?

  • Publishing house Pelledoca Editore
  • Year of publication 2026
  • Number of pages 200
  • ISBN 9788832791617
  • Foreign Rights Anna Mioni, anna@ac2.eu
  • Ebook 9788832791693
  • Price 16.00

Ortolan, Federica

Federica Ortolan writes fiction and picture books. She studied Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Venice and Primary Education in Padua, and furthered her studies on children’s cognitive development in relation to creative stimuli. She has published with various Italian publishing houses (Carthusia, Clichy, Il Castoro, Sabir). She have been translated into other languages. She promotes literature for children and young adults, and organises training courses for adults as well.

La maledizione della spilla
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