The original novel adapted into the movie HUNGRY HEARTS by Saverio Costanzo, winner of two Coppa Volpi at the Venice Film Festival. Starring Adam Driver and Alba Rohrwacher. One the the most successful longsellers in Italy of the last decade. Isabel is convinced that her son is an Indigo child, a baby so pure that he is almost magical. As such he must be protected from the impurities of the world; they are everywhere, beginning with the food he and she eat. Isabel's husband watches powerlessly as his wife slowly begins to starve their small son, a baby who cries incessantly, desperate for food. Isabel's husband tries to feed him secretly, his hands trembling while his wife showers; tries taking them both to the best doctors; even attempts to gain sole custody. But as the days pass and their son stops growing, his crying weakens, and the husband is seen as the enemy by his wife and social workers alike, only one solution seems possible. But will he be the one that has the strength to carry through, and set his son free? This is an incredibly intense novel. Once you start reading it's impossible to stop. Reviews: "Not a single word seems to be replaceable." La Repubblica "Il Bambino Indaco tells us what happens when (...) a woman discovers her inability to be a mother. Marco Franzoso – a man – has described it, mixing tenderness and tension masterfully." Vanity Fair "This novel that you‘ll read quivering with fear is the very realistic story of how love sometimes takes the wrong road and how horror takes root in the place of tenderness." Donna Moderna The author: Marco Franzoso was born in Venice, in 1965. He's the author of three novels: Westwood Dee‐Jay (Baldini & Castoldi 1999), Edisol-M. Water solubile (Marsilio 2003), Tu non sai cos'è l'amore (Marsilio 2006), The Indigo Child (Einaudi 2012), Gli invincibili (Einaudi 2014). He also wrote several short stories and edited the anthology I nuovi sentimenti (Marsilio 2006).