Where the World Took Me
This month, I’m stepping slightly out from behind the curtain of Hidden Voices. It felt important to apply the same care and space to my own story as I do to the authors I feature.
Some lives are measured in years. Others in countries.
Where the World Took Me is a quiet memoir of a life lived across continents — from the restless streets of Tokyo and the warmth of Singapore’s hawker centres, to the emotional echoes of Puerto Rico and the reflective stillness of Brussels.
Through short, vivid stories, Roberta captures what it means to be an expat not just in geography, but in spirit — always adapting, always observing, always rebuilding a sense of home. Her writing doesn’t aim to impress. It simply tells the truth: about cultural misunderstandings, small moments of belonging, loneliness, humour, and resilience.
This is not only a journey across places, but across identity. A story of how you learn to carry home inside you when life keeps asking you to move.
Roberta was born in Italy and grew up across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Today, she runs a small gelateria in Brussels while continuing to write about displacement, beauty, and the invisible threads that connect us to others.
Available on Amazon:
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