Publisher's Synopsis
Claudia is 44 years old, timelessly beautiful and has a challenge to overcome: entering a beauty contest for women over 40. A choice that disconcerts her family: her husband observes her with indifferent curiosity, while her son Marco is upset. What is hidden behind this whim?
Marco soon discovers that behind the lights of the contest lies a dark world of overly daring fashion shows, ambiguous proposals and dangerous links with pornography and prostitution. However, Claudia seems drawn to that abyss like a moth is drawn to a flame.
While Marco does everything he can to protect her, his obsession drags him into a psychological abyss where desire and rejection merge in an uncontrollable crescendo. But who will save whom, when the roles are reversed and mother and son find themselves facing each other in a spiral of frustrated ambitions, broken taboos and unspeakable secrets?
An erotic and psychological novel that explores desire, the illusion of eternal youth and the fine line between love and obsession. A shocking ending that you won't forget.
"The bag is ready, the car is waiting for me in the street and my tormentors are inside; my husband is far away, but Marco isn't, Marco is watching me: he has understood who I am, he has understood what I intend to do."Claudia has the bad idea of entering a sleazy beauty contest organized by shady characters; her son Marco investigates the competition and finds out what is behind it. Initially moved by jealousy, Marco cannot foresee what the consequences of Claudia's choice will be or how much those consequences will open the gates of the abyss.
