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DIOGO MAINARDI: THE NOVEL I WROTE FOR MY SON WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Diogo Mainardi's son Tito suffers from cerebral palsy. His wrote his novel, The Fall, about the journey they went on together. I became Saint Teresa of Ávila when Tito was born. I was taken by an overwhelming love, a supernatural love, a heavenly love. If you’ve seen Bernini’s sculpture of Saint Teresa of Ávila, you can easily picture what happened to me: Tito repeatedly pierced my heart with a long spear of gold and left me on fire with a great love for him. I should explain that a) Tito is my son and he was born with cerebral palsy and b) I’ve never been a passionate man.  READ MORE >

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