La Repubblica's Friday Love Stories Column About Her Estranged 21-Year-old Daughter, Letizia, Whom She Hasn't Seen for a Year and Two Months

The daughter's last message was consider me dead, after which she disappeared. Letizia, raised in privilege mainly by her father while the mother was stricter, skipped university after high school, first taking a gap year and then pursuing creative interests like floral arrangements. The mother notes her daughter's last profile picture shows her in tight jeans and a white faux-fur jacket from Shein, worth 12 euros. La sua ultima immagine profilo: lei a figura intera, jeans aderenti, pelliccetta bianca (attenzione alla pelliccetta Shein, valore 12 euro).