★ Through irony, it reveals the true meaning of growth and inspires readers to think deeply about self-discovery.
★ Nora's story shows the real life from control to embracing chaos, provoking readers to reflect deeply on their own lives.
★ Created by award-winning illustrator Eliana Alberiti, its unique artistic style brings readers a brand-new reading experience.

Nora is a thirty-four-year-old woman who, after achieving the pinnacle of control in her life, becomes convinced she has lost it all. Her partner suggests they take a break, the plants in her home thrive without her care, and her cat seems to be living its best life as if she doesn’t exist.
Evidently, all the effort she has poured into life—from adolescence to this early stage of adulthood—has served more to manage the subterranean flow of her constant anxiety than to improve the world around her. All her obsessive control has turned out to be fundamentally pointless, a placebo that has required far too much effort.
Only after this realisation does Nora allow herself to embrace chaos, immersing herself in loss, dreams, randomness, and madness. Letting go of the obsession with managing everything, including love, Nora discovers something far less defined, more comfortable, and enveloping. At first, it felt like an old sofa, but then she realised—it was life, just as it comes.

Eliana Albertini (1992) is an illustrator and comic artist. She has published the books "Luigi Meneghello, apprendista italiano" (2017), "Malibu" (2019), "La vita della mia ex per come la immagino io" (2022), and "Anche le cose hanno bisogno" (2022), for which she won the Boscarato Award at the Treviso festival. In 2019, she was awarded the Nuove Strade prize at the Napoli Comicon festival.