It wasn't a friend telling me she's gay, it was my daughter, says Brazil's most read author, who talks about homophobia in new book

The writer Carla Madeira, considered the most read author in Brazil, revealed that discovering her daughter is lesbian deeply impacted her and led her to address the theme of homophobia in her new book. In an interview with the OGLOBO Journal videocast, she said it wasn't a friend telling her about their sexuality, but her own daughter. The family experience was so striking that it naturally became literary material. Carla's fourth novel, titled "Quando," was launched two weeks ago and already occupies first place on the fiction bestseller list of the literary portal PublishNews. In the book, she addresses issues such as homophobia and presents what she calls "lovely butch," referring to the girls who love girls who started frequenting her home. The author reflects on how her personal experience with her daughter's sexuality made her learn and mature, using this experience to build her fictional narrative.