A story about loss and the strength of bonds, founded on a love that becomes a beacon through the hardest times: the new appointment in Cagliari with Valentina Mastroianni is scheduled for Wednesday the 28th. She will be a guest of the Tabacchi Club della Manifattura, in via Regina Margherita 33 , to present the new " Come la luce, così l'amore " at 7 pm , in conversation with the artistic director of the Lei Festival, Alice Capitanio . The appointment is in fact part of the previews of Extra Lei , and is organised in collaboration with the Miele Amaro bookshop, with free admission until seats are filled.

Published last October 13th by De Agostini , the book is a universal tale about grief and pain, but also about love: its protagonist is a kitten who, still a kitten, becomes part of a small family and finds her place in the world in the arms of a special child , who names her Stella . Their daily life flows peacefully, until the cat notices that her owner is increasingly fragile , and that a tense air of concern has suddenly descended upon the house.

Catapulted into a city of hidden passages, emblematic encounters, and creatures struggling to accept loss, Stella searches for the child with whom she shared the strongest bond , on a journey punctuated by the proverbial "nine lives" of felines, until she discovers a broader meaning to the love she experienced . A love that never truly ends, but changes shape and continues to exist around us, going beyond what is visible.

Illustrated by Andrea Calisi , the book renews Mastroianni's commitment to caring for and protecting children, a mission deeply rooted in the author's own experience: Mastroianni is the mother of three children, the youngest of whom, due to neurofibromatosis. And it is thanks to her subsequent work to , which she has carried out on social media and within institutions, .