Leonarda's Life in Correggio

Leonarda's superstitions made her a bit of an outsider. She was used to sitting on the side lines, being ignored or receiving that old fashioned side eye from the people around her. But here she began to flourish. People started asking her for her advice. It was as if a switch had been flipped inside her turn on her natural leadership qualities. According to the story, as leonarda herself told it, years later, she had even graduated from giving advice to hosting dinner parties.