The Tiger Man's Daughter: A Memoir of Loss and Belonging

In search of a lost father and of a path of light connecting us to faraway worlds.

Like so many dreamers of her generation, Laura, a young woman from Florence, travels to the heart of Africa in search of an authentic life, far from the hypocrisies of the modern world. There she meets Laconi, a young Indonesian dressed like a prince, with piercing eyes that belong to the wild, and together they begin a journey that will change everything.

Years later, Geia's search to understand her origins becomes a journey of memory, and reconciliation, leading her back to her father's world and to an ancestral lineage said to descend from tigers--beings from a time when human and wild beasts shared the same spirit.

A vivid portrait of a generation that dreamed of changing the world, this is the true story of a woman who rediscovers her identity through her father and her past. Written in a voice as pure as spring water and as fragrant as frangipani, it carries us deep into the forest, to the source of the great river where everything begins--and can begin again.

Author: Geia Laconi
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780804859974
ISBN10: 0804859973
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Multicultural
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
Geia Laconi was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to an Italian mother and an Indonesian father. She grew up in Florence, Italy, where she received a degree in Educational Sciences. After many journeys and experiences in countries around the world (in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, India and the United States), she now lives in a small town in a wooded area of the Apennine Mountains with her husband, Folco Terzani, and their two children.