Filippa: The Hell Before the Deceit

By Rosa Maria Mauceri

Filippa is a young girl who lives in a neighborhood at the foot of Mount Etna called Badia. The daughter of farm laborers, she is very beautiful and, from a young age, attracts the attention of many suitors - something that does not please her father. Worried about the rumors spreading in town and the family's reputation, he decides to send her to Agira to live with her grandmother.

In Agira, however, Filippa meets her first love, Cataldo, a respectable young man from a good family. The two fall in love and soon get engaged, earning the approval of Filippa's father. But fate has something else in store for her: a terrible ordeal of violence and abuse, which over time turns into a true hell...

A story of injustice and abuse, but also of hope and courage, which teaches us that when life seems dark and merciless, we must believe in our inner strength and in the possibility of a better future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNR7MQT7
• ISBN13: 9798262184422
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"