Book presentation – “I’ll tell you about it” by Giulia Silvestri

Hosted by Ginaluca Bonetta

I’ll tell you about it is not just the story of a pandemic. It is the voice of a parent who, over time, chooses to sit next to their child and say, “Now I’ll explain it to you. I’ll explain to you what we went through. And how we got out of it.” From the first confusing news to the balconies full of songs and silences, from the fears we couldn’t name to the anger that made us feel powerless — this book retraces the days of Covid with a human, true, sometimes fragile, but always sincere look. It is a story made of shared emotions: bewilderment, waiting, tears, but also stolen laughs and small acts of hope. And then, when everything seemed to stand still, something moves. Fear gives way to courage. The desire to start over takes hold. A book written in the first person, for those who want to remember, for those who need to understand, or for those who have never found the right words to tell all this. “I’ll tell you about it” is an embrace made of words. And every page is a step towards the light.

Giulia Silvestri was born in Pisa in 1986. Raised with writing in her blood and a long theatrical experience behind her, she now works as a clerk and is the mother of an eight-year-old child.

I’ll tell you about it is her first book, born from the need to give voice and memory to a time that changed everything.