This Novelist Was Determined To Start Helpful Conversations About Mental Illness — In Spanish

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Through the character of Klara, Godoy gives a voice to those experiencing mental illness while moving through the non-linear process of recovery.Through the character of Klara, Godoy gives a voice to those experiencing mental illness while moving through the non-linear process of recovery.

As a child, Ariana Godoy couldn’t stop reading. Whatever her hands could reach, her eyes would devour, including grown-up titles she’d sneak off her mother’s bookshelf — and a rather bloody Grimm’s edition of Cinderella. But as she entered adolescence, reading material became scarce. “I lived in a small town in Venezuela, so I really couldn’t afford books,” she says.  

One morning, Godoy typed “free books online” into her search engine and found Wattpad, a reading and publishing platform. With the click of a link...

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