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Why Italian women struggle with motherhood. Writer Silvia Avallone cuts taboos in new novel

She is young, beautiful and well-tongued. Writer Silvia Avallone, known for her bestseller Staal, does not shy away from sensitive themes in her compelling new novel Levenslichtde either, such as the economic crisis, infertility and unevenly divided parenthood. 'Claiming freedom for yourself is something terrifying for an Italian woman.'

Rough edges

Poverty, economic malaise, gender inequality... 34-year-old Silvia Avallone showed in her first novel...

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She is young, beautiful and well-tongued. Writer Silvia Avallone, known for her bestseller Staal, does not shy away from sensitive themes in her compelling new novel Levenslichtde either, such as the economic crisis, infertility and unevenly divided parenthood. 'Claiming freedom for yourself is something terrifying for an Italian woman.'

Rough edges

Poverty, economic malaise, gender inequality... 34-year-old Silvia Avallone showed in her first novel...

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