Scent of Bergamot

With a mother like hers and a father who died leaving barely a memory, Marica was never destined to have a TV family life. Even so, she could not have imagined her mother’s total disregard for everyone, including her only child, would have Marica dragged from home to home and even country to country.
Still, it did allow Marica to become multi-lingual and extremely self-sufficient, at an early age.
Independent or not, after her mother’s sudden death in France, Marica felt it was time to come home, to the only place she thought of as home, back to Melbourne Australia, and her grandmother’s house.
Determined to at last create roots, Marica was excited at the thought of stability, and even a little boredom – but within hours of landing Marica was already entangling herself into a mess of lies and half-truths that would potentially take away any semblance of safety, home, and family.
Even in death, Marica was not free of the legacy of her mother; or for that matter her grandmother, the only question was, was the truth worth the pain?