Free to be me

Coming of age
Biography

True strength is born when you find the courage to be fragile.

Camilla knows bullying up close: for years she endured insults, judgment, cutting stares, and silences heavier than a thousand words. The mirror became her worst enemy, and her facial paralysis something she felt she had to atone for. But one day, she decided to save herself—and that’s where everything began. An intense and heartfelt story of rebirth: an authentic testimony that speaks of pain, acceptance, and redemption. About how we learn to love ourselves, starting from what hurts the most.

  • A true, emotional, and powerful account that speaks directly to teens who feel “wrong.”
  • A book that helps readers recognize bullying—and, above all, break its silence.
Publisher: Mondadori
Target: 12+
Year: 2025
Author
Camilla Mancini

Born in Genoa in 1997, she immediately started travelling around Italy and then Europe due her father’s job: he is the famous football player and coach Roberto Mancini. She is passionate about photography, writing and sport. For her, heaven is the simple things, like going for ice cream, her loved ones’ smiles, the smell of coffee, a bunch of red roses, singing her heart out in the car and a rainy Saturday night in the company of a good film and some chips.

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