Women of Another World | A Book Review

The book centers on nine women whose stories—remarkable and often unknown—unfold across Italy and the world in places where injustice and horror bear down hardest on the most vulnerable: the sick, the disabled, women and children left defenseless. Vittoria Savio, Ginevra Sanguigno, Natalina Isella, Chiara Burzio, Marisa Barracano, Gianna Leo, Rita Giarretta, Adriana Patrichi, Federica Biondi. These are the women Barina listens to and portrays in pages that do something no video scrolling through an infinite feed can match: they challenge our understanding of well-being and the future. These women never worked alone. They believed—and believe—that they can change the lives of those they meet, welcome, and care for. They are emblems of a solidarity that remains largely hidden, yet present and capable of accomplishing things truly from another world.