Valério Romão was born in 1974. He has published two novels in Portugal, Autismo (2012) and O da Joana (2013), as part of an intended ‘Failed Paternities Trilogy’. ‘How we got mother back’ was first published in Granta Portugal 1 and is being made into a short film by Gonçalo Waddington, the widely acclaimed Portuguese actor and director.
‘With the passing of time we got used to hearing our brother being our mother.’
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