Devastated by a personal tragedy, Lena leaves the school where she works and France, seeking refuge in India, in a village on the Bay of Bengal. While swimming one morning, she is swept away by sea currents, risking drowning. A little girl playing on the beach with her kite rushes to help her. How will Lena express her gratitude to the young girl? Lalita, a ten-year-old who works in a restaurant and cannot read or write, becomes the focus of Lena's ambitious plan with the help of a group of girls advocating for women's rights: to establish a school for all the children in the area—something they have been deprived of until now. Thus, in the heart of a country like India, where nothing is simple, begins a great adventure where hope, disappointment, and determination coexist in the face of deeply rooted traditions. The driving force behind this journey is the dream to genuinely change the fate and lives of these children. Letizia Colombani once again takes up the thread of "The Loom" in a moving, profound, and visionary book.
