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To read opens the mind you know, and revives the same stories of their ancestors, no matter if decades or centuries later. The books with women protagonists are sometimes the ones in which you identify with the character so much that you forget that it is a novel. Then when the real vicissitudes are traced, there you really get the impression of live twice. Men and women are the same and different at the same time, a writer can arouse great emotions, but when you outline the female universe, a woman undoubtedly knows how to intuit its features with greater precision.
In these cases, it is easy to find a real source of inspiration, or even a model to inspire yourself or a reality in which to let yourself be carried away, no matter if it is a historical novel, a detective story, a science fiction or a spiritual journey. Read on to dive into this one roundup of different stories but all lived by women like you.
“Your second life begins when you realize you only have one”, Raphaelle Giordano
It looks like a thoughtful novel which touches on the topic of choices and how they can influence life more than you think. The writer, Raphaelle, brings the reader into a vortex of profound but practical considerations on the importance that a single choice can involve on one’s path, going to dissect all those directions required that had to be taken without the slightest blink of an eye and those on the contrary that have taken in the belly and have perhaps brought on the bad way.
An intertwining of reflections aloud that seem to follow the maxim of the famous “Faber est suae quisque fortunae”, everyone is the architect of their own destiny. A way to grow, to take responsibility in the literal sense of the word, to fully understand how much living means taking on the consequences of yes or no made over the years, even and above all when one they make mistakes. An antidote to all the attitudes of self-pity, whining and useless moaning to face the difficulty with your head held high, trying to look back as few times as possible.
“The right to count”, by Harper Collins
The novel that sees the signature of Margot Lee Shetterly narrates the vicissitudes of a quartet of women, united by a passion for science, against the backdrop of the Cold War. After being accepted by NASA following the shortage of men enlisted in the armed forces, they had to fight tooth and nail to annihilate the prejudices linked to the female world in a world that is only and exclusively male.
A compelling story of how there are hundreds of them, but here the fate of theuniverse in pink through a four structure, enhancing the final result even more. In the end women – must we say it? – will be accepted within the team, confirming and indeed overturning prejudices initial inferiority, proving to be on par if not above its predecessor competitors.
“A book about the women of yesterday and today: bedtime stories for rebellious girls”, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
A real editorial case as well as one of the most acclaimed books on career women: there is talk of a great success that witnessed by the telling aloud of many female stories revisited and facilitated to train young girls. An exciting way to entertain and educate at the same time, to lay ethical and constructive foundations for today’s generations who look with satisfaction at the old principles of the past. Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo they have been intelligent in knowing how to transpose true stories in a simple and captivating way through concise, simple narratives, with the help of the figures, to overcome the limits of genre together.
The protagonists are many: astronauts, scientists, politicians or activists, but also simple teachers, sportsmen or artists. A universe in pink, different for interests and training, whose life seems to form a whole in line with freedom of expression. An exciting way to get to know the possibilities that every woman has up close.
“A biography of Frida Kahlo”, Hayden Herrera
You are about to enter the now biography of an artist which is hardly known: even if you have never read his path, no doubt it will have happened to participate in one of his exhibitions or to see a portrait of him. The title itself appears eloquent: not “the” biography, but “a” biography, as if to suggest that in the life of a single artist those of many other common lives are actually hidden. The result is not obvious: Frida’s life has been extensively analyzed, but the author is a shrewd pen and the task she manages more than well, she is able to tell the main evolutionary stages of Frida as a woman-artist, without ever boring.
Not only that, but it goes further: it analyzes ideas and perspectives to give greater impetus to her biographical journey, soliciting new reasoning and once again putting the rebellious and distinctly feminist soul in the spotlight. A woman with a shrewd and intelligent character who suffered a serious accident and who fought, like all but with its own uniqueness, between difficulties and moments of joy. A model of life for many sides to follow, a person who despite his criticalities has always stood up to others, as a woman and as a person.
“The brilliant friend”, Elena Ferrante
The main hub from which everything departs is the female solidarity; the text is thus configured as one of the most appreciated books on friendship between women. Elena Ferrante is the mysterious author of the saga of “The brilliant friend”, a lucky work that also had the merit of giving life to a film. The background behind which the events alternate is a Naples devastated by the post-war period. The story, suggestive and captivating, analyzes the life of two little girls who, despite the critical issues and the classic adverse events of the period, manage to keep their friendship bond and even to strengthen it stronger than before. An example of how true friendship is able to overcome even the unsurpassed.
“The catalog of valiant women”, Serena Dandini
“The catalog of valiant women” fits into the frame of the Italian pink narrative. The author, Serena, does a masterful work in collect testimonials – albeit short and concise – of some biographies behind which are hidden names and surnames that have contributed to writing the history of our country. As often happens, only the most prominent personalities, oi, are put on paper spokesperson for the great changes, and others are left on the sidelines only to be forgotten.
It’s a simple matter limit in possibility data storage, yet those people fought to gain social rights that they all now enjoy as others do. It is therefore with good reason that the writer pays homage to the biographies of the Italian journalist Ilaria Alpi – who was killed in Mogadishu -, of the student Sophie Scholl – who fought against Nazism -, and of Matyam Mirzakhami, Iranian, the only woman to have obtained the Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of mathematics.
“A woman”, Sibilla Aleramo
“A woman” is a book with women as protagonists useful for fully understanding female emancipation experienced at the forefront. We are faced not with a simple text signed in pink, but – according to the opinion of many critics – with one of the first feminist books in Italy. “Una donna” analyzes all the facets of the female world: being a mother, sister, daughter, bride, many roles united by a single sensitivity. The 1906 book, however, wants to highlight both the uniqueness and the peculiarities of all the roles.
Different but at the same time the same, everyone denounces their freedoms and rights, because before being a woman, one is always a person. A cry to one’s individuality, to the right that women have to train and work exactly like men, even and above all when this can mean fighting against discriminating social rules.
“The woman who wrote short stories, true but invented stories”, Lucia Berlin
“The woman who wrote short stories” is one of them works to read and reread, in which the American-born writer accompanies the reader hand in hand, giving her the freedom now to approach, now to move away, depending on the degree of empathy created with the protagonist. One of the most talkative women’s stories books, with different stories from each other, and for this reason not always welcomed with open arms: some events, although captivating, highlight the contradictions and anxieties of the female world, capable of also arousing a certain effect of indignation.
An intertwining of emotions linked to each individual protagonist, who in the end will call the reader, who will ask herself what she would have done in her place, whether or not she had accepted that compromise and what would have happened if she had not been able to say no. And you, in which life will you recognize yourself?
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