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Filipa Fonseca Silva

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

She graduated in Communication from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and worked as an advertising copywriter until 2017. She is now a fulltime writer.

Her debut novel is called Thirty Something – Nothing’s How We Dreamed It Would Be and it made her the only Portuguese author to reach Amazon Top100 in Women's Fiction. It was followed by The Strange Year of Vanessa M (2013), Things a Mother Discovers (and no one talks about), Taxi Tales (2017), I Hate My Boss (2018), The Elevator (finalist of Bertrand Book of the Year 2022), What if I Die Tomorrow? (finalist of Bertrand Book of the Year 2023) and Brave Green World (June 2024).

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Average rating: 3.91 · 7,982 ratings · 1,534 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	E se eu morrer amanhã? 4.08 avg rating — 2,953 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	O Elevador 3.67 avg rating — 2,043 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	Admirável Mundo Verde 4.06 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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
	A mulher por detrás da parede 4.13 avg rating — 604 ratings — 2 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
	Os Trinta: Nada é como sonhámos 3.68 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	O Estranho Ano de Vanessa M. 3.45 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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 3.80 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2017 — 2 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
	Odeio o Meu Chefe 3.66 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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 4.06 avg rating — 47 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
	Napoleão, o camaleão by Filipa Fonseca Silva (Goodreads Author), Marta Calado (Illustrator) 4.55 avg rating — 11 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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“O único lugar onde somos especiais é no coração dos outros.”
― Filipa Fonseca Silva, O Elevador

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“As palavras nunca são apenas palavras.”
― Filipa Fonseca Silva, O Elevador

tags: inspirational, palavras

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“O mal alimenta-se do silêncio. Ergamos, pois, a nossa voz.”
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