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Buch (Hardcover): Belletristik
What Lives Beneath
Verlag:
Biography Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36947966
EAN: 9781764288682
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mo, 02.11.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 60.–
Beschreibung
What Lives Beneath. is a deeply personal memoir about what happens after the façade falls away. Having fought to live authentically, Carla Hope discovers that becoming visible is only the beginning. Beneath the courage, achievement and transformation remain the wounds of childhood, the imprint of trauma and the question that has followed her for much of her life: Am I enough. Through the recurring figures of the Little Girl, the Dragon and the Woman, Carla explores the different parts of herself that carried her through fear, rejection and survival. The Little Girl holds the innocence and truth she was forced to hide. The Dragon is the fierce protector forged in trauma. The Woman is the person learning to hold them both with compassion. Together, they reveal that healing is not about defeating the parts shaped by pain, but understanding why they were needed and allowing them to finally rest. Blending intimate storytelling, poetry and psychological reflection, What Lives Beneath. journeys through complex trauma, gender transition, identity, grief, love, culture, chosen family and belonging. Carla writes honestly about the cost of becoming visible, the nervous system that continued to brace long after the danger had passed, and the small moments of connection, pleasure and safety that taught her how to move from merely surviving to truly living. Raw, tender and ultimately hopeful, this is not a story of becoming someone new. It is a story of return, a journey back to the child who waited, the protector who never left and the woman who finally learned to stay. The healing wasn't becoming someone new. It was bringing everyone home.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Carla Aurora Hope
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 310