Think how lucky you are, the autobiography of Maria Fittipaldi Menarini
The entrepreneur recounts her story, covering her family roots, rebirths, and the all-female donne Fittipaldi project
Arriva in libreria Pensa che fortuna. Storia intima e imperfetta di Maria Fittipaldi Menarini, il nuovo libro edito dalla casa editrice Gruppo Editoriale. Un memoir autentico, raffinato e ricco di sfumature, in cui Maria Fittipaldi Menarini – imprenditrice e già proprietaria della storica azienda farmaceutica – ripercorre la propria vita con uno sguardo sincero, ironico e profondamente umano.
Pensa che fortuna. Storia intima e imperfetta (How lucky I am. An intimate and imperfect story) by Maria Fittipaldi Menarini, the new book published by Gruppo Editoriale, is now available in bookstores. An authentic, refined, and nuanced memoir in which Maria Fittipaldi Menarini—entrepreneur and former owner of the historic pharmaceutical company—looks back on her life with a sincere, ironic, and deeply human perspective.
Pensa che fortuna @GruppoEditorialeWith a cover designed by artist Pietro Ruffo and a preface by singer-songwriter Niccolò Agliardi, the book stems from a desire to leave daughters with a living memory, an emotional legacy that spans generations, places, and identities. From Florentine and Roman residences to Swiss boarding schools and the beloved Tuscan countryside, Pensa che fortuna is a journey into the roots of a large Italian family. Between eccentric grandparents and ladies of yesteryear, strict maternal figures, downfalls, contradictions, and rebirths: a continuous intertwining of what is inherited and what one chooses to become.
The pages are filled with seasons and landscapes that belong to the Tuscan imagination: places from childhood, refuges from adulthood, scenes that have accompanied Maria in her personal and professional transformations. Alongside her is a constellation of familiar faces from the worlds of music, entertainment, and fashion, intertwined—sometimes in surprising ways—to the rhythm of a life lived without reserve. Among her strongest loves are her daughters and Bolgheri, a territory that has now become the beating heart of the donne Fittipaldi wine project: an all-female company that expresses, through wine, the same complex elegance and gentle strength that animate the book.
Maria Fittipaldi Menarini with her daughters Giulia, Valentina, Serena, and CarlottaPensa che fortuna is the portrait of a woman who has been able to transform fragility into creative energy, complexity into a unique style, and personal experience into literature. A memoir that offers the reader not only a family story, but also a sensitive perspective on growing up, making mistakes, and starting over.
The book is available in the best Italian bookstores, on the Gruppo Editoriale website, and in major online stores.
