For Lovers of Survivor Poetry Books: This Novel Reads Like Emotional Healing Poetry

If your shelves are full of survivor poetry books, dog-eared chapbooks, and underlined collections of emotional healing poetry, you already know the power of a single line to stop your heart. Interestingly, some novels carry that same energy. Through Fire & Faith, the moving novel by Laura Veal, opens with one of those arresting sentences: […]

A PTSD Healing Journey in a World That Calls You a Terrorist

There’s a special kind of loneliness that comes after trauma: the quiet hours when the adrenaline fades and your mind won’t. That’s the space Through Fire & Faith by Laura Veal lives in. It’s not billed as a clinical PTSD healing journey, but the way it depicts fear, memory, and faith under pressure makes it […]