A young girl who escaped the violence of an alcoholic and abusive father when she was only four years old, on the edge of a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome, who spent many years of her short life in a foster home before meeting the journalist, herself back from a painful journey that also made her run into a very well thought out scam. A story of our days, but with an ancient pain and in the end a shared joy. A story told in I wanted a blonde mom (Piemme, 17.5 euros, 173 pages), just arrived in the bookstore.
In the path also the scam of an organization of fake international adoptions
The author is Susanna Petruni, journalist, deputy director of Rai Parliament, with a past as a special envoy and presenter of the main editions of Tg1, of which she has long been deputy director. With her husband Massimo years ago they embarked on a path of adoption, which at an early stage made them easy prey for an organization that, like many others, scams many couples every day. After this experience, he could also tell you what the alarm bells and signs are not to be underestimated.
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The arrival of his 9-year-old daughter from a Roma camp
Then finally came the adoption. But adopting an already grown girl (9 years old) who, moreover, comes from a Roma camp is an even more difficult experience: the risk of children being kidnapped and brought back to the old life to be initiated into begging and prostitution is very high. , so your guard must always be very high. A long history of suffering, of expectations, of disappointments, but always of tenacity «Once I heard a person say: to adopt a child today it takes guts. A friend of mine replied: no, it takes heart. You are right: to adopt a child you need a big heart »said Susanna Petruni in an interview with Famiglia Cristiana.
“She’s the one who adopted us”
Stella (real name) is a 4-year-old girl who lives amidst hardship and violence in a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome. She is found in a hole by the police after a round-up. Then a series of events: the chance meeting with a magistrate, but also the one with Pope Francis. From the first meeting in the family home between Stella and Susanna the spark breaks out. “He wanted a blonde mother,” the little girl immediately confesses to the psychologist. “The only blonde he had seen that day was me,” says Susanna. “In reality she is the one who adopted us.”
