Cover for Garzanti

Illustrated cover for the book titled "Non è questo che sognavo da bambina" published by Garzanti Libri, written by Sara Canfailla and Jolanda Di Virgilio.

"Recent graduate. Roommate. Out of towner. Temporary worker. If she had to describe herself, Ida would do it like this. And from today she would add to the list: intern. Intern in a big-and-important-communications-agency. It's not what she dreamed of as a child, but after all, it's not the first time that things haven't gone the way she hoped. She would have liked to live anywhere but Milan, and she lives in Milan. She wanted a stable relationship, and she was dumped. She studied to become a screenwriter, and instead she's a social media manager. Every morning she drags herself to the office and, between meetings, brainstorming and many other words that end in -ing, she stays there until the evening, busy with a job that she can't understand what job it is, surrounded by colleagues who are nice and brilliant, yes, but only among themselves. Until the day when, tired of a life that too often ends up being a pendulum that swings between an Excel file and the next hangover, Ida understands that, in order to survive, she has to adapt, be more like them – her colleagues, her boss – and less to herself. And as her ambitions change and the line between right and wrong becomes inconsistent, chasing her dreams becomes a whim she can no longer indulge in. It’s time to grow up: scale back expectations and accept compromises. So when she hears about a competition to enter her short film into, Ida doesn’t know what to do. She can barely remember who she wanted to be as a child. But you can never completely lie to yourself. At least, not to what’s deep inside your soul."

Link: www.garzanti.it