From My Window - Luísa Sobral

Why read "From My Window" today?

• Humor and Immediate Relatability: Laugh along with the author’s mishaps while trying to set up a tent for her children or the eternal struggle against a duvet that keeps sliding off.

• A New Perspective on Routine: Texts that invite us to slow down and reflect on daily life in a deeper, more beautiful, and structured way.

• The Ideal Gift: Magnetic and fluid writing, perfect both for avid readers and for those looking for short, comforting bedtime reads.

Synopsis:

Small stories that open a window onto the author's daily life, as familiar and recognizable as it is amusing.

The author of this book says that the chronicle won her over first and foremost as a writing exercise, but that it eventually also shaped the way she looks at things and observes the world; and that she no longer knows if it is certain events that lead her to write a chronicle, or if, in fact, it is she herself who provokes irregular situations to find something to write about.

In this beautiful book that Luísa Sobral has titled From My Window, readers laugh at her clumsiness in setting up a tent for her children to play in, but they may also get annoyed with a duvet that constantly slides onto the floor, feel indignant at the behavior of a ride-sharing driver, and even worry about the health of someone very close. These texts make us think about day-to-day life in a deeper and more structured way, and, suddenly, it is as if the author’s window were, after all, the one in our own home.