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Braids
What if every lesson, every heartbreak, every joy, and every choice you've made-across lifetimes-was part of something bigger than yourself? What if your soul remembered... everything?
Braids is a sweeping work of literary and historical fiction that interlaces nine self-contained stories and poems into one powerful, interconnected narrative. Moving across continents and centuries—from ancient Egypt to modern-day New Jersey—this novel explores reincarnation, ancestral memory, and the invisible thread that binds us through time.
Though the characters never meet, their lives echo one another. Each chapter follows a distinct soul navigating love, loss, identity, betrayal, and belonging, yet together their stories form a greater whole. As one spirit journeys across lifetimes, Braids becomes a meditation on healing, generational trauma, and the evolution of the soul.
Richly layered and inclusive, Braids affirms the spiritual intuition so many carry quietly inside. It gives voice to women who have lived and loved across generations, cultures, and lifetimes, bridging the mystical and the mundane. The novel holds space for grief, reclamation, and personal transformation, especially for readers navigating identity, ancestry, and healing.
With lyrical prose and emotional depth, Braids is both intimate and expansive. It resonates with spiritually attuned, emotionally curious women who seek fiction that validates their inner knowing and catalyzes growth. Therapists, coaches, and book clubs will find in its pages a catalyst for deep, soulful conversation about lineage, identity, and what it means to heal.
More than a novel, Braids is an to reflect on the threads of your own life—what you carry, what you inherit, and what you choose to release. It reveals that healing is not linear, that the soul remembers more than we realize, and that wholeness comes from weaving every experience across time and space into something sacred. Readers will leave this book feeling seen, stirred, and spiritually reawakened.
Perfect for readers who
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd) – historical fiction with female agency & spiritual awakening • Kindred (Octavia E. Butler) – ancestry, identity & trauma with speculative depth • The Midnight Library (Matt Haig) – metaphysical explorations of choice & alternate lives • The storytelling of Elizabeth Gilbert, Rebecca Campbell & Alice Walker
Key
Reincarnation • Soul journeys • Ancestral memory • Women’s lives across cultures & centuries • Generational trauma & lineage healing • Love, betrayal, identity & belonging • Spiritual awakening & transformation • Invisible threads connecting us across time & space
Table of Contents
For Sensitive Readers • What If? • A Note from Carla • Praise for Braids • Prologue – Braids
Part Obedience, Oaths, Obligations TWO • A Donkey and a Fig Tree • Secret Garden • New Year’s Eve • Strawberry Pop-Tarts • Heir • A Fortune for a Fortune • Naples • Consummated • Poem – Mermaids
Part The Silk Road • Victory Lap • You? • You Lost, Sailor? • India for the Win • Chloé Hall – 5th Grade Report Card • Big Girls Don’t Cry • Poem – The Mountain Remem
Braids is a sweeping work of literary and historical fiction that interlaces nine self-contained stories and poems into one powerful, interconnected narrative. Moving across continents and centuries—from ancient Egypt to modern-day New Jersey—this novel explores reincarnation, ancestral memory, and the invisible thread that binds us through time.
Though the characters never meet, their lives echo one another. Each chapter follows a distinct soul navigating love, loss, identity, betrayal, and belonging, yet together their stories form a greater whole. As one spirit journeys across lifetimes, Braids becomes a meditation on healing, generational trauma, and the evolution of the soul.
Richly layered and inclusive, Braids affirms the spiritual intuition so many carry quietly inside. It gives voice to women who have lived and loved across generations, cultures, and lifetimes, bridging the mystical and the mundane. The novel holds space for grief, reclamation, and personal transformation, especially for readers navigating identity, ancestry, and healing.
With lyrical prose and emotional depth, Braids is both intimate and expansive. It resonates with spiritually attuned, emotionally curious women who seek fiction that validates their inner knowing and catalyzes growth. Therapists, coaches, and book clubs will find in its pages a catalyst for deep, soulful conversation about lineage, identity, and what it means to heal.
More than a novel, Braids is an to reflect on the threads of your own life—what you carry, what you inherit, and what you choose to release. It reveals that healing is not linear, that the soul remembers more than we realize, and that wholeness comes from weaving every experience across time and space into something sacred. Readers will leave this book feeling seen, stirred, and spiritually reawakened.
Perfect for readers who
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd) – historical fiction with female agency & spiritual awakening • Kindred (Octavia E. Butler) – ancestry, identity & trauma with speculative depth • The Midnight Library (Matt Haig) – metaphysical explorations of choice & alternate lives • The storytelling of Elizabeth Gilbert, Rebecca Campbell & Alice Walker
Key
Reincarnation • Soul journeys • Ancestral memory • Women’s lives across cultures & centuries • Generational trauma & lineage healing • Love, betrayal, identity & belonging • Spiritual awakening & transformation • Invisible threads connecting us across time & space
Table of Contents
For Sensitive Readers • What If? • A Note from Carla • Praise for Braids • Prologue – Braids
Part Obedience, Oaths, Obligations TWO • A Donkey and a Fig Tree • Secret Garden • New Year’s Eve • Strawberry Pop-Tarts • Heir • A Fortune for a Fortune • Naples • Consummated • Poem – Mermaids
Part The Silk Road • Victory Lap • You? • You Lost, Sailor? • India for the Win • Chloé Hall – 5th Grade Report Card • Big Girls Don’t Cry • Poem – The Mountain Remem
434 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 9, 2025
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