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Growing Up Happy In A Lonely World
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In this bold, intimate memoir, Nicole Morrison takes readers through the tracks of a life built on contradiction: joy and loneliness, belonging and invisibility, resilience and exhaustion. Raised in the Midwest and shaped by identity struggles, unspoken trauma, chronic pain, motherhood, faith, shame, and the weight of always being "the strong one," Nicole learned early how to hide what hurt - and smile through the ache.
Told in a mixtape structure with poetic, broken-line storytelling, Growing Up Happy in a Lonely World reveals the quiet battles high-functioning people fight, the beliefs we inherit without realizing it, and the moments that finally bring us home to ourselves.
Each track is paired with reflection questions and a hand-picked playlist, turning this memoir into an immersive emotional experience - one that invites you to listen, pause, breathe, and see your own story in the cracks.
Inside this memoir, readers will find:a deeply honest portrait of growing up LGBTQ+ without language or safetyraw, rhythmic chapters that move like songs - each one a pivotal momenta powerful story of breaking cycles, healing trauma, and reclaiming voicereflections on faith, identity, resilience, motherhood, guilt, and becominghope for anyone who has ever looked "fine" while carrying more than they can name
For readers of Glennon Doyle, Jeannette Walls, Ashley C. Ford, Maggie Smith - and anyone who believes the stories we avoid are often the ones that save us.
This isn't a memoir about perfection.It's a memoir about becoming.About choosing truth over approval.About finding your&nbs
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
414
Release Date:
2026-01-17
Publication Date:
2026-01-17
Publisher:
Live Differently Publishing
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN13:
9798994158708
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Maximum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
581 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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