According to Virginia Woolf in her essay “A Room of One's Own” any woman should be able to own money and a room of her own where she could give free rein to her creativity and generate whatever activity she saw fit, whether it be literary creation or a space to simply reflect in solitude.

And it is in a kind of tribute to this beautiful feminist essay that the Camila bookstore, a Book Boutique, It arises as a space in San Miguel de Allende where anyone who enjoys literary stimulation can come and acquire beautiful books with beautiful illustrations such as “De Natura Florum” by Clarice Lispector or “Pussypedia” by Zoe Mendelson illustrated with the indistinguishable strokes of María Conejo. 

Founded by the literary passion of Camila SanchezThe editorial curation that can be found there awakens various emotions that the selected titles seek to emphasize, such as admiration, confidence, despair, empowerment and hope.  

Female empowerment can be absorbed from Woolfe's title in which the author challenges young women to become the Shakespeares of their generation, to lead armies and compose symphonies. 

Confidence is one of the tips for unleashing creativity in Julia Cameron's book "The Artist's Way" where, after several introspection exercises, she invites us to seek reflection and inspiration for creative work. 

We find the discouraging desperation in the bloody narrative of Cristina Rivera Garza with her “El invencible verano de Liliana” where she tells us all the time that had to pass for the feminicide of her sister that occurred in the 90's to reach justice. 

Admiration and its analysis are distilled in “The Art of Enduring” and the tour that Hugo Hiriart takes through excellent works that went down in history and transcended, as well as works of similar magnitude that simply did not pass from generation to generation and the determining factor of this. 

Finally, like Pandora in Greek mythology, it is worth ending on a positive note with the hope that is represented in a beautiful selection of children's literature that seeks to free future generations of children from the yoke of adult-centred expectations and give them tools to have the confidence to approach being themselves. 

And after this interesting literary journey, we would like to challenge all those readers, emulating Virginia, to visit the beautiful bookstore located at Hernández Macías #48 just before reaching the Marsala, Cocina con Acentos restaurant and embark on discovering new titles as well as classics reinterpreted in sublime illustrated editions.