11th of May, an unforgettable day: The oficial presentation of the book "Crónica de Una Suerte Anunciada" (Chronicle of a Fortune Foretold).

– Written by the Moving Forward team on 15th May 2024

The day was full of surprises and brimming with emotions.

Around 10:00 am we picked up Luis, the author of the book, and the first surprise was about to happen.

At Madrid Barajas airport, not only Filipa Júlio, Coordinator of the Moving Forward Project, arrived from Porto (Portugal), but also the Villa family arrived from Milan airport (Italy).

This family, after having met Luis at the EHA Conference in Blankenberge last October, did not hesitate for a momento, took a plane and spend 12 hours in Madrid to surprise Luis and accompany us on such an incredible day like this.

Sharing a typical Spanish breakfast before the presentation, with Francesco Villa, Luis Aguilar, Filipa Júlio, Claudia Villa and Ruth Blanco (left to right).
Sharing a typical Spanish breakfast before the presentation, with Francesco Villa, Luis Aguilar, Filipa Júlio, Claudia Villa and Ruth Blanco (left to right).
Paloma, Ruth, Sergio and Luis taking care of the last details.

After charging up with energy it was time to go to La Piazzola, the place chosen for the presentation of the book. Paqui, Luis’ mother and owner of the bar, was waiting for us there, a nervous wreck but tremendously excited.

We met Paloma Agüera, the illustrator of the book, and Sergio Blanco, a follower of Luis’ Chronicles and member of an HD family. With them we began to ultimate all the details of the presentation.

Paloma, Ruth, Sergio and Luis taking care of the last details.

 

The time arrived and the terrace of La Piazzola was running out of free chairs. Dozens and dozens of people, families, friends, acquaintances, people from the neighborhood, colleagues, were settling in for this special day.

Javier “Chinche” Lafuente, author of the blog “Vivir Con Ella” was also there,  as part of the surprises. He arrived from Sevilla to join us on this day and surprise both Luis and Francesco Villa, whom he also met at the EHA Conference last year.

We could not even imagine that more than 110 people would be joining us on this spring day, where we shared stories, reflections, learning and experiences, and where we were able to share with all attendees the reading of chapter 10 of the book, by Luis and Sergio.

Luis remained for more than an hour signing the book and thanking all the attendees who sold out the three boxes of that we brought to the signing, more than 90 copies were sold, whose benefits will go entirely to the EHA and ACHE Associations.

 

You can experience a part of this event with us by watching this short 10-minute video recorded during the presentation here.

Now “Chronicles of a Fortune Foretold” is officially yours, and we are sure it will not leave you indifferent. Remember that the book is a bilingual edition in Spanish and English, that it has the fantastic illustrations of Paloma and that you can get your copy here.