About the book: 2024 / Like a lightning strike. Love at first sight. This is exactly how the story of Chiara and Max once began - a couple that seemed ideal to everyone. But now a thunderstorm has broken out and they are getting divorced. Having difficulty mustering the courage to tell their children about their decision, they return home from the law office and end up at a party in honor of their fifteenth wedding anniversary - such a surprise was prepared for them by relatives and friends. The main gift is a trip to New York. Not daring to upset their loved ones on this festive evening, Chiara and Max do not talk about their divorce and go overseas. The plot of the novel unfolds against the backdrop of flashes of lightning and thunder, it is saturated with ozone - refreshing, cleansing, giving hope. No, this is not a divorce story, this is a love story. What will happen to friendships when everyone finds out? Will she be unpleasantly surprised by anyone's reaction or will they both, as she hopes, be able to get support from everyone?