Ask the Author: Layla Arden
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Layla Arden
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Layla Arden
I think I’d go to the world of The Secret Garden—not for the magic or mystery, but for the quiet, overgrown spaces where things are healing beneath the surface. I’d spend my days tending forgotten paths, listening to the silence, and learning how things bloom when no one’s watching. It feels like the kind of place where you could put yourself back together slowly, with no one asking you to hurry.
Layla Arden
I’m drawn to stories that hold space for the messy, complicated parts of life—especially those told with honesty and heart. This summer, I’ve been reaching for authors like Casey Watson, Maggie Hartley, and Louise Allen—writers who, like Cathy Glass, explore real-life resilience through memoir and foster care narratives. I’m also dipping into quieter fiction that lingers in the emotional undercurrents—books that don’t shout, but stay with you.
Layla Arden
I think the quietest mystery in my life has always been: How did I survive the things I never spoke about? There’s no single moment that explains it—just fragments, instincts, and a kind of invisible thread that pulled me forward when I didn’t know I was moving. That thread could be a story in itself. Not a thriller, but a quiet unraveling. A woman piecing together her own survival, not through answers, but through memory, silence, and the small, strange ways we keep going.
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