Rome, 1964. Teenage André has arrived in an unfamiliar country. He stands at the door of the one-bedroom flat his uncle has provided, and the reality of this new chapter begins to hit home : André is now head of the family, with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for. He will need to learn to adapt in order to survive this next tumultuous stage of his life. This coming-of-age memoir shares the luminous, fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile, living in Rome, but still yet to find a home.