L'AMORE NON BASTA

Sophie meets Marcus, a charming, brilliant, sensitive man. She, who considered herself a cynic in love, falls in love in 48 hours. The deep complicity, the passion, the love he displays, without room for doubts, give life to an overwhelming relationship. But soon, little by little, the first inconsistencies arrive. Marcus begins to have sudden mood swings, demands to be the center of everything, isolates her from friends, blames her for being oppressive, denies obvious facts. Sophie is disoriented, insecure, unable to form a judgment on what is happening to her: she no longer recognizes herself, the confident and independent woman she was before meeting him. She is at the mercy of a discomfort that she cannot name and that others do not understand. She cannot even understand if she is, after all, the problem. Based on her personal story, Sophie Lambda recounts all the stages of a love relationship with a man who turns out to be a manipulative narcissist. From idealizing him to devaluing herself, until liberation through the destruction of his false image. Through the powerful and direct tool of comics, Sophie Lambda addresses a taboo theme that involves many people who are ashamed to talk about it. The result is a book of public utility because it manages to tell with precise words a situation experienced and silenced by many, a real survival manual for those who are victims of relationships that have only superficial traits of love. It signals the warning signs to watch out for, reveals manipulative behavioral patterns, tells the pitfalls of psychological abuse. It unmasks the narcissist and above all testifies that it is possible to get out of it.