A collection of published articles by Susanna Tamaro, naturalist, novelist and an acute observer of social transformation. Her thoughtful commentaries often challenges mainstream tendency to entrust our future to science and technology at all cost and in the guise of an abstract revendication of human rights. In these splendidly written essays, one of Italy’s most beloved and controversial authors in Italy today explores themes of climate change, euthanasia, education and surrogacy.