The title says it all: Everything that is not pretending. Which means: ➤ The awkward truth you avoid saying at dinner. ➤ The exhaustion of smiling when you’re breaking. ➤ The radical act of saying “I’m not okay” without apologizing.
Have you read it? Or is there a book that made you stop pretending? Todo lo que no es fingir - Cristina Prieto Sola...
Prieto Sola writes about motherhood, desire, pain, art, and silence with a precision that almost hurts. She doesn’t explain pain; she inhabits it. She doesn’t preach authenticity — she shows you the cost of it. The title says it all: Everything that is not pretending
If you’ve ever felt like you’re performing your own life — this book will unnerve you. And then, strangely, set you free. ➤ The radical act of saying “I’m not
It’s not a self-help manual. It’s not a memoir in the traditional sense. It’s a raw, lyrical excavation of what remains when performance stops — when the masks we wear for family, work, love, and survival finally crack.
There are books that teach you things. And then there are books that sit beside you in the dark.