THE GLOW OF SMALL MOMENTS

  • Mindfulness, Italian style: An inspiring novel about life, Italy, and the transformative power of self-love.
  • Written by professional mindset coach and mentor Sabine Steck, drawing on her experience living and working in Italy.

An old, enchanted hotel nestled in the Venetian hills, featuring a breathtaking green labyrinth in its garden - the moment Nina first sees the Villa Primaluna, she is left utterly speechless. She was supposed to be somewhere else right now, celebrating her fiftieth birthday on a trip with her husband. Instead, she finds herself alone in Italy, her lifelong destination of longing, wishing for nothing more than some time to herself.

There, Nina meets Consilia, a wise older woman who has run the hotel for decades and whose life has been entirely different from her own. Though Nina initially hesitates to fully open up, she soon senses that this journey holds far more for her than mere relaxation and fine Italian food. Perhaps here, in this extraordinary place, she can finally find a way out of the emptiness that has weighed on her for so long. Perhaps hidden within the labyrinth lies the answer to the one question she has avoided for years. And perhaps she will finally find what she has been searching for all along: herself.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 17.07.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-01874-9
  • 288 Pages
  • Author: Sabine Steck

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Sabine Steck

Sabine Steck , born in Germany, took a different path as an entrepreneur before deciding to pursue her passion for writing full-time. She now lives in Northern Italy, where she runs a writing retreat and incorporates her love for Italian cuisine into her crime novels featuring Emma Ferrari, which sometimes also include settings in Bavaria.