All the blue of the sky. Costa M., yes

In the 26-year-old Emil, doctors diagnose a disease leading to a gradual loss of memory-the early Alzheimer. He is promised two years of life and offered to stay in the hospital under surveillance. But he refuses. Instead of being a burden for relatives, a young man secretly buys an old camping car and without much hope gives an ad on the network, inviting a fellow traveler to divide the last journey in his life.

to his amazement, such a person quickly located. This is Joanna, she is 29. In a large black hat, fragile and indifferent to everything, Emil meets in the parking lot by the highway. Together they go to the Pyrenees. Periodic calls to mobile girls and her conversations on the phone intrigue Emil, who begins to think that the fellow traveler is hiding some secret. In addition to his state of health, - as a result, it gives them two not only beautiful landscapes, but also unexpected discoveries. Through pain and fear, the heroes go through a difficult path of farewell to each other and at the same time find themselves.

writer Melissa da Costa managed to create a story, which is more sad and amazingly beautiful at the same time, in which an obvious part can become a new hope. And so deeply to feel and accurately convey the inner world of a person who is slowly losing memory, the writer was able to, thanks to the personal experience of helping people with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Melissa da Costa grew in Central France and wrote since childhood. During her studies and work, the volunteer worked in parallel on the novel “The All Silia of Heaven”.

And then the amazing and phenomenal writer's fate of the lemon balm begins. The fan of Romanov Paulo Coelho and David Fonkinos in 2018 posted her first text on the book platform in the public domain, she was noticed by a small independent publishing house, and after publication the book instantly became the opening of the year. To date, more than 1 million copies of the novel have been sold in France! And the sales of her books are occupied by third place, adjacent to authors such as Guillaume Musse and Joel Dicker.