SILVIA B. SECURATO

As directress of the Oficina do Livro Editora (Book Workshop Press), I see how it is important to value and release new talents. This was the aspect that most called my attention in REBRA. I see things in the same way as Joyce Cavalccante does, therefore, I include an excerpt from the introduction of my book We, Women, whose proposition has the same focus as the objectives displayed in REBRA's web site.

It is important to value and restore traditions that are lost while new things come up with the industrial and technological advances, to think, adequate and blend with innumerable new concepts of life which result from globalization.

United for the same objective, we have reunited our contributions in this book.
We unite, gather, recoil and give our hands. We embrace a cause, as we embrace a bouquet. Smelling the perfume, being free, being happy. Taking the joy of living, of smiling, of dreaming of flying away... Being beautiful, because we love; being free, because we dream; being a perfume, because, undoubting, we are the most precious creatures of God.

We want those important details never to be lost in the essence of every woman. Life generating life! A source of light bringing new lights!

Intuitive, strong, warriors, vanquishers, whose best well known talent is called the "sixth sense." Women who appeal, fight, cry, climb up stands, claim, yell and pray... Restless, noisy, talkative, creative or silent... now this, now that... Women in all times, of all races, of all kinds, of all ages, like the wise Mother Nature, have lived, or even have survived, but have not quit sowing and planting to harvest their fruit.

Sharing experiences, we can, most of the times, warn, suggest, encourage, stimulate, direct, and, in some cases, even bring out solutions to similar matters, being worth while remembering that, many times we catch ourselves quoting the popular saying: "Everything is the same, changing only the address."

To enjoy intensely each stage of life, valuing the small moments offered us day by day, to surpass the challenges with faith and courage is part of the art of well living.
We, Women is a work written by women, living their roles in the family, at work and in society.

We, Women
Coordinator: Silvia Bruno Securato
With the collaboration of 34 women writers.