La autora nos pasea por San Francisco (California) para insertarnos en una cultura transgresora, liberal, abierta y desprejuiciada. Los relatos cortos de este memoir están escritos desde el punto de vista de una chica que desconfía de románticos finales con alguien que piense como uno; sostiene que, por el camino, hay mucho que contar. Sus textos son una seductora mezcla de riesgo, búsquedas, filosofía, amor y la contracara de un mundo que no parece ajustarse a sus estándares.

En Querido Estado Civil, Castelli vuelca experiencias propias que transforma en obsesiones estéticas, íntimas y visuales. Se abraza al humor, que la salva de no hundirse por una mala cita o por una familia disfuncional. Al filo de los cuarenta, sigue negándose a cumplir con los mandatos sociales, en su opinión, eternamente demandantes y aburridos.

«Dicen que todo lo que estamos buscando nos está buscando a nosotros también, pero nunca te dicen que para encontrarlo tenés que pasar por tantas pruebas. Será que el universo quiere comprobar si realmente estás preparado. O será una trampa que hemos creado antes de nacer para sentirnos orgullosos de que, a pesar del esfuerzo, lo hemos logrado».

«Llegó el momento de organizar una boda: la mía. Después de tantos años de oír a mi familia quejarse por mi estado civil, encontré a mi alma gemela: yo. ¿No es increíble? Hay gente que se busca toda una vida y nunca se encuentra y a mí me llevó treinta y cinco años. No está nada mal para una chica que ha viajado mucho y a la que la geografía le ha jugado en contra...».

«Estoy preocupada: voy llegando a la conclusión de que me quedan solo dos caminos: el Ashram o Netflix.That´s it! ».

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Cecilia Castelli, born by accident in Rosario, has a degree in Journalism and Broadcast Media Communications. She created the first English radio program in Argentina, called Radiostar, which led her to decide to emigrate to the United States. She is also a producer and creator of online television programs, presenter at corporate and technology events, blogger, and column writer for digital magazines, and has a special talent for ordering food over the phone.

A cinephile, a music junkie, a cool gal addicted to spiritual intelligence and traveling, Ceci (as her friends call her) currently lives in Lauderdale By The Sea, Florida, practices Transcendental Meditation and has recently divorced Netflix.

In this book, Castelli walks us through San Francisco to take us on a daring, open and unprejudiced tour. The short stories in this memoir are told from the point of view of a girl who is wary of romantic tales and happy endings with a Mr. Right who sees the world just like her. She is convinced that there is a lot to learn along the way. Her stories are a seductive mix of risk, philosophic quest, love and the flip side view in a world that does not seem to conform to her standards. In Dear Single Life, Cecilia Castelli turns her own experiences into intimate and sensory obsessions. She embraces humor, which saves her from falling apart due to a bad date or her dysfunctional family. In her late thirties, she still refuses to conform to social mandates, which in her opinion are “eternally demanding and boring”.

“They say that everything that we are looking for is looking for us too, but they never tell you that to find it you have to go through so many tests. Maybe that means that the universe wants to see if you are really ready. Or maybe it’s a trap that we created before we were born to be able to proudly say that we made it, against all odds.”

“The time has come to organize a wedding: mine. After so many years of hearing my family complain about my marital status, I finally found my soul mate: me. Isn't that amazing? It took me thirty-five years. Not bad for a girl who has traveled a lot and has had geography against her, right?”

“Maybe I should be worried. I'm coming to the conclusion that I have only two paths left: the Ashram or the big screen. That’s it!”

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