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Filipa Fonseca Silva

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Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit

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Filipa Fonseca Silva was born in a small town called Barreiro, just across Lisbon, in 1979.

She graduated in Communication from Universidade Católica, but ended up in advertising, working as a copywriter until 2017.

Her debut novel, “Thirty Something – Nothing’s How We Dreamed it Would Be” (2011) turned her into the first Portuguese author to reach Amazon Top100 and gave her international projection. The book was followed by “The Strange Year of Vanessa M.” (2013), “Things a Mother Discovers (and no one talks about)” and “Taxi Tales” (not yet available in English)

She’s an activist for the environment and women’s rights, and besides writing, she loves to paint, collect shoes and eat watermelon.
She lives in Lisbon with her husband and two chil ...more

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Average rating: 3.52 · 396 ratings · 89 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Strange Year of Vanessa M. 3.36 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirty Something: Nothing's How We Dreamed It Would Be 3.74 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coisas Que Uma Mãe Descobre 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amanhece na Cidade 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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Filipa Fonseca Silva wrote a new blog post I moved to filipafonsecasilva.com Hello,I just updated my website and this blog will be gone soon. You can follow me at filipafonsecasilva.com There you find all information about my... Read more of this blog post »
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Filipa Silva liked Maria Carmo's review of Amanhece na Cidade: "I just loved the humanism of this lighthearted, yet deeply thought book. The Author has enchanted me since her first books and this one is a clever story narrated by..... a taxi! Very ingenious, the characters are larger than life people with their..." Read more of this review »
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Filipa Silva rated a book really liked it Quando Ela Era Boa by Philip Roth	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Filipa Fonseca Silva

“We spend our lives in such a hurry, so self-centred, that we forget the simple act of observing the life that’s simmering all around us. Looking others in the eye, seeing more than faces. Maybe that’s why we feel so lonely.”
― Filipa Fonseca Silva, The Strange Year of Vanessa M.

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