Beyond the Sea - Shapes of Love: The Official Novel Inspired by the TV Series

“Beyond the Sea - Shapes of Love” is the first official novel inspired by the TV series co-produced by Rai Fiction and Picomedia, written by Angela Lombardo, based on the events narrated in the first seasons of the drama, giving voice to all its characters: from cult faces to lesser-known ones, from the regular cast to passing figures of the first seasons. Through 12 chapters, the various protagonists take turns telling their stories in the first person and revealing details about their past that did not find space during the series. In addition to numerous unseen scenes, new characters also appear, telling origins and backgrounds of the most loved characters in the fiction: Carmine, Filippo, Naditza, Cardiotrap, Massimo, Paola, Edoardo, and Teresa, allowing even those who have never seen the series to become passionate about their stories. The IPM (Juvenile Detention Center) of Naples hosts boys who make mistakes. There are those who err unintentionally, those who err with premeditation, and those who think the mistake is getting caught and not the act of committing the crime. When you are a teenager, the boundary between right and wrong is often blurred, a thin line on which one wants to walk to test oneself and fulfill one's dreams, without fear or without showing it. The Institute overlooks the sea: the noise of the waves, the sails of the boats, the seagulls suspended in the wind are often the only lifeline for the detained girls and boys to cling to and dream of a better life, in search of the love they have not received or that they still struggle to name and shape. Because the shapes of love are infinite, but one must never stop searching for the one that makes us happiest. This novel tells their stories. Stories that are consumed within the walls of the prison but that began outside, sometimes in families more cracked than certain houses in the alleys of Naples, others in elegant families from distant cities where those who err are excluded forever. Unique and intertwined stories, told by very different voices that scream out of desperation and in the hope of having another chance at life. Stories that unite and divide, stories of young people and adults bound by a destiny in search of redemption because, when a minor ends up in prison, there is often an adult who has not known how to listen, who has not understood, who has not known how to embrace the fragile soul asking for help.