A Liberation Journey
Date Published: 06-03-2025
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Leonie's Leap tells of the adventures of a fifteen-year-old orphaned acrobat who escapes his dreary life to join the circus as a trapeze artist. Just as the daring acrobat takes the bold plunge into the unknown, your inner exploration reveals the hidden wonders within.
Your capacity to return to this wild inner landscape is the answer to your deepest longing, the home where every prayer settles. It doesn't matter where you come from or what path you have chosen-every bit of YOU knows it: you were born to live vibrantly from your depths. The world needs you to dwell in your wildly liberated heart. It breathes through your sacred dreams. Your wings. Your feet.
Interview with Marzia Pasini
What is your favorite part of the book?
The moments where Leonie is caught between terror and wonder because that’s when life feels most alive. That edge holds the pulse of the story: freedom often hides in the trembling.
Does your book have a lesson? Moral?
Not in the neat sense. I don’t believe in wrapping life up with a bow. If anything, the book breathes wonder and whispers that freedom isn’t something to chase — it’s already here when we dare to live from our depths.
Are your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
They’re imagined but not entirely invented. In them, I see the pieces we all carry or try to bury. Each character holds those fragments differently, but they all circle back to this: what does it mean to be ourselves fully, and what price are we paying when we don’t?
Of all the characters you have created, which is your favorite and why?
Leonie, of course. He holds so much strength and tenderness, the ache of belonging, and the audacity of hope. He’s fragile and fierce— the kind of character who can break your heart and stitch it back together in a single page. He reminds me what it means to stay open, even when it hurts.
What character in your book are you least likely to get along with?
Probably the ringmaster. He controls through fear and manipulation, mistaking it for power.
What would the main character in your book have to say about you?
He’d say: “She keeps telling me it’s my leap, but honestly, it feels like she’s testing her own wings.”
Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
Each book can stand alone, but together they point like an arrow toward freedom, belonging, and what it means to live from the heart.
About the Author
Marzia is a writer and life coach devoted to heart consciousness and the sacred return to self. With a background in Philosophy and a Master’s in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics, she began her career in international development, working with the United Nations and the Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan. Two life-altering health crises sparked a profound inner shift, inspiring her to help others reconnect with their inner freedom and truth.
She is the author of Leonie’s Leap, a soul-stirring novel and inward guide exploring themes of awakening, courage, and belonging, as well as the children’s book Satya and the Sun, which follows a young girl on a magical journey through her fear of the dark—offering an empowering reflection on change, trust, and the unknown.
Originally from Italy, Marzia has lived in six countries and now makes her home in India with her husband and two children.
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