This made me cry and made my heart full. In awe of what I read in this letter, I am sharing it with permission of the sender without changing a single word.

Dear Angelina,

I finished reading your beautiful book and I decided to write you this email to thank for how the book inspired me. As I said in a previous post of mine on your FB page, it is incredible how two people who are opposite from a physical point of view (I am 121cm tall and weigh 22kg) are so similar in their struggles. I find touching how Victoria managed to go from feeling inadequate, wrong, to a person capable of accepting herself and having confidence in herself, having her revenge, in a world in which she didn’t see herself fit, and it didn’t make her feel fit, For me it’s the same feeling, living in a world that’s too big…that doesn’t make me feel suited to it, one of the parts of the book that made me reflect the most is “Diesel”, in that little chapter there is a part of me , in what Victoria experienced, at that moment there is a real example of the frustration of an adult person, treated and scolded like a child.
I grew up with my sister in a family with economic difficulties, without a father and with a mother who, for  not being born as she would have wanted, I has always been treated extremely harshly, even today, despite being 32 years old and not being economically independent, I find myself sharing the same roof with her, forced to suffer her rules, her reproaches and sometimes her beatings. There is a beautiful phrase in your book “A man should be understanding, not domineering……” This message applies to every person, could be a man, a woman, a father or a mother…

I bought your book, hiding it from her eyes, I was afraid of her harsh judgment, and her reaction…reading was also slow for this reason, but, at the same time it helped me reflect on many parts of the book, in last month of reading I have developed a different vision of my condition, I realized that I have been locked up in a cage created by my mother, due to my insecurity and also physical weakness compared to her, I have not been able to oppose her.

Today I have another vision of this and I am aware, it is a process that will take some time, but it is a step that must be taken before it is too late.

If you think it is appropriate, you can publish my email or part of it on your blog or on your FB page, you have my permission.

Thank you with all my heart

Antonio