A travel diary-book by Federico Garbolino, author and protagonist of this great friendship.
The tumor, the chemotherapy, a disastrous diagnosis that gives Lucia no way out. And finally the desire to try everything out, even a slightly crazy alternative. Fly into the inhospitable Amazon rainforest to meet a well-known shaman who was reputed to be a healer.
Lucia did not leave alone for this adventure. To face her with her three dear friends who have shown the great significance of this deep friendship.
A female friendship: from a great adventure to a film
Federica Garbolino's book is in the hands of a screenwriter, who will draw from it the plot of a film. The author in life is a manager but has always loved to write and has carried these pages forward. Also to keep Lucia alive, to keep in touch with her. It was a way to exorcise the disease and the sense of helplessness he felt.
Garbolino is keen to point out that she has not written a volume on alternative medicine. But on the affection and complicity that only we women know how to create among us. Precisely in the name of this deep female friendship.
And it is precisely from the desire to be next to a dear friend in a terrible moment that the four protagonists of this story ventured into the Amazon jungle in the company of Luis, the shaman. To do this they followed their instincts without reservations or conditioning.
Un journey with the mind in an altered state of consciousness
The trip was organized to face any difficulties without losing rationality. The 4 women, together with the shaman, traveled with the mind in an altered state of consciousness. With the ayahuasca vine, after boiling, shamans obtain a drink with psychedelic effects.
A memorable experience, in contact with unspoiled nature. Having time available, without watches and immersed in an extended time, transformed the 4 women allowing them to look for bonds of friendship and sisterhood in the past.
After the trip Lucia had an improvement, but only temporary. What he really brought with him was above all the strength of love and the courage to face the disease to the end.
