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14 March, 2025
Full circle for valiant author
JULATTEN award-winning author and founder of Bowerbird Publishing has launched her fourth book ‘Clarity’ on International Women’s Day (IWD) marking the fifth anniversary of her debut book ‘Boy of Steel’ and the cancer diagnosis of her son Sebastian.
The book was launched on IWD as a celebration of mothers and the resilience of women in the face of adversity.
As part of the launch of the book, which is an extension of her debut book Boy of Steel, Ms Leonardi also hosted an IWD lunch at the Julatten Hotel last Saturday.
“Clarity is my new book and an extension of Boy of Steel which I published four years ago,” Ms Leonardi said.
“And what it does is it continues that story but also adds to it. Since Boy of Steel which was predominantly about finding hope and informing and educating other families who receive a cancer diagnosis that there is hope to look forward to and that even when you’re faced with tragedy you will come out of the other side.
“A lot of people say to me now, ‘How are you now? What’s changed and what’s stayed the same?’, so with Clarity I felt like I needed to share a story since Sebby’s diagnosis which has been five years.
“Clarity continues after diagnosis and the story about how I built Bowerbird Publishing and how my personal and business life was affected by Sebby’s diagnosis, so it’s a full circle.”
Ms Leonardi said on IWD her message was about healing after trauma through her new book Clarity.
“The biggest message from my story and that I love sharing with women is that there’s not one simple answer when it comes to overcoming adversity or difficulties in life as mothers, as women,” she said.
“We need to adapt and Clarity explains how I use different methods to heal from my trauma. There were holistic practises, professional guidance but I also educated myself and with the help of my loving family I was able to come out.
“And aligned with this year’s IWD theme ‘Accelerate Action’, you can accelerate your actions to go through the steps of healing, maybe someone can relate or learn from my experience.”
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