The Black Wind
There is a form of cruelty that mental illness refines over time: the
intelligence of camouflage. For years, the Black Wind blew behind
Lia's back, hiding within the folds of a fragile normality, playing
the part of quietness to protect the happiness of her loved ones. But
behind the silences, the hinted smiles, and the reassuring phone
calls, a subterranean, ruthless, and invisible battle was raging.
Through the meticulous reconstruction of handwritten diaries,
childhood memories, and sterile medical records, Leo breaks the
silence of a lifetime. He retraces the narrow corridors of a routine
made of hospitalizations sought out like trenches, of hours dictated
by implacable pharmacological clocks, and of a chemistry that puts
the monster to sleep but shuts down the body.
This book is not just the diary of a long and painful shipwreck.
It is the story of a family-a son, a wife, a sister, a partner-who
chose not to look the other way. But above all, it is a tribute to a
woman who was never just her illness, and to a son who learned to
stay standing amidst those ruins, discovering that the most
beautiful reconstruction is the love that remains.
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