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.