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Their journey begins in Sicily during a summer of rapidly-changing winds, volcanic rumbles and sudden tempests. \u003cem\u003eHow do you begin again,\u003c\/em\u003e the mother wonders, \u003cem\u003eif you got the beginning wrong\u003c\/em\u003e? The trip soon becomes a quest for origins – not just through their family history, but also further back to a mythical and even geological past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eWith her daughter leaving childhood behind and her mother beginning to show signs of dementia, the narrator finds herself at a crossroads. She must now ask herself: How do we situate ourselves deeply in the world while accepting our transience in it? 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