Daria Bignardi is a writer, journalist and screenwriter, talk show star and columnist for Vanity Fair magazine. Her debut novel Non vi lascerò orfani (2009) (“I will not leave you orphans”) became an immediate bestseller and sold 150,000 copies; her books are translated and published in France and Turkey, Serbia and Albania, Argentina and Brazil. “Love must be earned” (2014) is the writer’s fourth novel. It takes place in the 70s of the last century, in Ferrara, Bignardi’s hometown, a beautiful city shrouded in fog and an atmosphere of mystery. The main character, Antonia, a young woman and a successful author of detective novels, is trying to uncover the secret of the disappearance of young Mayo, her relative who disappeared thirty years ago. The plot of the novel intertwines many human destinies, happy and not so happy, intricate family secrets and love stories. However, Antonia manages to unravel this tangle and find out the truth about the young man who disappeared into oblivion.