num_pages: 272
description: Something is not right with Nadia Cara. Shes become a thief. She has secrets she cant tell. And when she tries to speak the words seem far away. In Florence Italy with her epicurean brother professor father and mother who helps at-risk teens Nadia finds herself trapped by her own obsessions and following the trail of an elusive Italian boy whom no one but herself has seen. While her father researches a flood that nearly destroyed Florence in 1966 Nadia wonders if she herself can be rescuedor will she disappear?Set against the backdrop of a glimmering city One Thing Stolen is an exploration of obsession art and a rare neurological disorder. It is about language and beauty imagining and knowing and the deep salvation of love.
language: English
title: One Thing Stolen
publisher: Chronicle Books