The book “A life on a stool” by Antonella Improveti was presented to the Chamber of Deputies

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The book “A life on a stool” by Antonella Improveti was presented to the Chamber of Deputies

Rome – Last June 17th, “Authors in Comparison” took place in the Chamber of Deputies, a meeting on gender violence organized by the Hon. Martina Semenzato, president of the parliamentary commission of inquiry into feminicide. During the meeting, included in the notebook on “New languages ​​against gender violence”, three books were presented that share the common thread of gender violence, ways to combat it and to help women.

Among the books presented, also “A life on a stool. The history of the ancient pharmacy of Cerignola since 1900″ by Antonella Lavorati, pharmacist from Cerignola, author of novels, poetic anthologies, historical-artistic guides and scientific essays. A family story, hers, which tells the centuries-old story of the Danile Pharmacy, formerly the People’s Pharmacy, since 2020 the Santa Rita Pharmacy of Doctors Vassalli. “A life on a stool” intertwines, between family memories, period photos and found documents, the story of a pharmacy and the life of the family who managed it for four generations.

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The book also tells the story of the author’s great-grandmother, Anna Tiberi, a school director who moved to Cerignola at the beginning of the twentieth century to manage a school. She where she welcomed, in collaboration with the parish priest and the bishop, even single mothers, young widows and women who, according to the view of the time, were considered “disgraced”. She welcomed them as collaborators, giving them back their dignity through work.

“I thank the hon. Martina Semenzato – declared Antonella Lavorati – for the invitation received and for the sensitivity on the topic of gender violence. I also thank the Honorable’s staff for the organisation, my colleagues Simonetta Molinaro for the project “The pharmacist informed about the facts”, Angela Margiotta president of the Pharmacists Together with the “Mimosa” project and the journalist Simone Sante, who moderated the meeting, for giving me the opportunity to share a family story. A story from other times, but which never ceases to be current as regards the love and help given to women in difficulty.”

“Today – concluded the author – we hope that the new generations will not have to suffer from feminicides and mistreatment. It is to be hoped that the love and listening that should always exist in the family can reduce these phenomena. We need respect between men and women, who together can become a force.”

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