TARGET CONSUMER For readers of coming-of-age stories, novels about self-discovery, growing-up, confronting mental illness Readers of autobiographical novels Readers of The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath KEY SELLING POINTS A powerful coming-of-age story from the author of Everything Calls for Salvation, adapted into a Netflix Original series in 2022 The first novel by Mencarelli, which put him on the map in Italy as one of the most original voices of his generation The novel was a best-seller in Italy and won numerous awards, including the John Fante First Novel Prize and the Volponi Prize