“When I look around me, I see mostly women who are alone, left by their husbands after their kids grew up, for a younger woman, which is the most common thing, or suddenly abandoned after getting married and left with young children.” LooksChildrenKidsYoungLeftCommonGrewHusbandMarriedGrew UpAbandonedGetting MarriedYoung ChildrenCommon Things Author:Dacia Maraini
“Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an extremely young age, and the children are always the mother's responsibility.” ChildrenAgeYoungMotherBlackResponsibilitySolitaryYoung AgePolygamy Author:Dacia Maraini
“Adults don't know how to respect and really love their young ones. Often love is confused with possession. You say "this is my" about your child, without taking into account that you're dealing with a real person with his/her own personality, rights, and autonomy, even when very young.” KnowsChildrenPersonsRealYoungLove IsKnow HowRightsPersonalityAdultsAccountsOur ChildrenPossessionYour ChildrenConfusedAutonomyReal PersonYoung Ones Author:Dacia Maraini
“Aging has brought me greater liberty in fiction. When I was young I was harder on myself. I wrote with an idea of absolute seriousness.” IdeasYoungFictionLibertyGreaterHarderAbsolutesAgingSeriousness Author:Dacia Maraini
“I also really loved the sea when I was young, when I lived in Sicily, but unfortunately the sea here has been reduced to a trash dump. It's a horrible pain going to the beach; you risk getting an infection or getting tar all over you.” Has BeensPainYoungRiskSeaHorribleBeachOver YouTrashDumpInfectionGoing To The Beach Author:Dacia Maraini
