‘The female constellation that makes up the text is summarised in the title Meno male che tu ci sei (Thank goodness you’re here), which indicates the maternal propensity for caring and embodies the certainty of a grateful and promising closeness.’
From the Preface by Don Alberto Frigerio

Through an autobiographical account, this book illuminates the value of motherhood in relation to the meaning of life and its destiny. The “epochal change” we are experiencing perhaps has its most significant feature in a conception of motherhood that is distorted and reduced, aided by an ideological context and a technological drift that has affected the process of procreation. In response to the illusion that man can make himself, motherhood stands as the most incisive representation of the fact that every “I” is generated by a “you” and needs a “you” to be fulfilled. The author arrives at this truth through her being a daughter, mother, grandmother… and through her knowledge of experiences of spiritual motherhood or of imprisoned mothers. A particular reflection of this truth arises from her encounters with mothers who have experienced the pain of losing a child or who have chosen abortion. Despite the drama of existence, these pages bear witness to the beauty, goodness and usefulness to the world of authentic motherhood, in whatever form it manifests itself.