When his wife unexpectedly dies while he is saving the life of another, television executive Pietro Paladini, crushed by grief, spends his days waiting for his daughter in a parking lot at her school, which unexpectedly becomes a place of solace and healing. Original. 20,000 first printing After an afternoon of surfing, television executive Pietro Paladini and his brother Carlo spot two women struggling far off in the waves. Pietro and Carlo race to save them, and after fighting the currents and exhaustion, bring them safely to shore. Now late to get home, Pietro hurries up from the beach only to find his young daughter, Claudia.
