This is a memoir that reads like a novel—a life story you won’t want to put down.
It begins with a girl who feels out of place: unformed, unseen.
And it follows the woman she becomes—desired, admired, accomplished—moving through love, sexuality, ambition, marriage, and motherhood, often at the center of the room… and still misaligned inside.
Nami Florentin’s life unfolds like a modern fairy tale with sharp edges:
from invisibility to beauty, from confusion to power, from longing to belonging.
Men, intimacy, family, and identity intertwine in a story that is sensual, darkly funny, and uncomfortably honest.
Written in a vivid, razor-sharp voice, Octopus Mimicus captures the inner life of a woman who learned how to succeed, seduce, and survive—long before she understood herself.
Only later does a missing name surface, quietly reshaping everything that came before.
This is a book about the cost of fitting in, the hunger to be loved, and how a life can look whole on the outside while remaining profoundly complex within.
