The protagonist of Ti Amo is a woman who is in a deep and real, but
relatively new relationship with a man from Milan. She has moved there,
they have married, and they are close in every way. Then he is diagnosed
with cancer. It's serious, but they try to go about their lives as best
they can. But when the doctor tells the woman that her husband has less
than a year to live - without telling the husband - death comes between
them. She knows it's coming, but he doesn't - and he doesn't seem to
want to know.
Ti Amo is an incredibly beautiful and harrowing novel, filled with
tenderness and grief, love and loneliness. It delves into the complex
emotions of bereavement, and in less than 100 pages manages to
encapsulate an extraordinary scope and depth, asking how and for whom we
can live, when the one we love best is about to die.