Uncorking a Story

Tutto Bene, with Rose Patruno

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Rose Patruno grew up in a very patriarchal society where her brother enjoyed many more freedoms than she did. Over time, this impacted her mental and physical health and she had no choice but to leave her home in Puglia, Italy to find love and work in Paris. After finding both, her health turned around and she is Tutto Bene, or “All Good.”

Meet Rose Patruno

When still a teen, Rose decided to become a writer and at the age of twenty, she defied the path laid out by her patriarchal family and left her home in Puglia, Italy, leaving her family behind, to follow her own passions of art and literature to discover Paris. She recently me on Uncorking a Story to talk about the first book in her thrilling New Adult fantasy series, “The Hidden Heir”

Key Topics:


  1. How growing up in southern Italy has influenced her personality & how her experience impacted her view of the world
  2. What it is like growing up in a patriarchal society, and how she drew on that for her writing process
  3. Why it is important to acknowledge that not all teenagers come from a family that wants the best for them, and how this story can show them how to strengthen their personality
  4. How she goes against the stereotypical alpha male tropes in her storytelling and offers alternate ideals of what a couple should be
  5. How writing fanfiction helped to find the strength to write her debut series



    6. Buy The Hidden Heir

    Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Y6LasG


    Connect With Rose

    Website: https://rosedpatruno.com/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RPatrunoAuthor/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosannaPatruno

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patruno_rose/


    Connect with Mike

    Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/


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