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Unmasking the Prodigal Daughter: Poetry, Prose, and Prayers by Heidi Tai
In her debut book, Unmasking the Prodigal Daughter, Australian Chinese writer, Heidi Tai, gives voice to the wounds that led to her prodigal past marked by lust, dishonesty, bitterness, and futility.
Through poetry, prose, and prayers; Heidi shares her story from rebellion to redemption, and how God brought healing to her childhood wounds and family dysfunction. In doing so, Heidi also invites readers to examine their own lives with compassion and honesty, and to learn how the gospel speaks into universal themes of love, identity, shame, conflict, and healing from personal and intergenerational trauma.
“Heidi writes with a raw honesty that caught me off guard. A book for anyone who has ever felt too much, too messy and too complicated for church. Heidi reminds us that God doesn’t flinch at our honesty but meets us in it.”Dami Im, Korean Australian Singer-Songwriter
“I enjoy reading everything Heidi publishes. This collection of poetry proves that she is as capable in poetry as she is in prose. It was a joy to read and contemplate it.”
Tim Challies, Author & Blogger at Challies.com
“The next generation is searching for faith that can hold both pain and hope. Heidi’s language carries a depth and beauty that slows the heart and invites you to sit with God—with your story, your cultural baggage, and your past and future—resting in the truth that God’s love for you is unwavering.”
Izzy Koo, Author of Finding God, Finding Me
“Heidi is absolutely one of my favourite authors. She writes beautiful poetry from a soul that is blemished but blessed. This book is brave, honest, and vulnerable poetry from a woman who ran away and has returned home. Amidst the hurt and the ashes, you’ll find that a heart of hope arises.”
Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator at SOLA Network
“A beautiful, haunting, and worshipful journey. Heidi puts words to aches you haven’t had the bravery to name. This book is a reminder that no iron prison of perfection or imperfection can hold off the redeeming, restoring love of God.”
Anna Tran, Writer at Heart & Hope
Through poetry, prose, and prayers; Heidi shares her story from rebellion to redemption, and how God brought healing to her childhood wounds and family dysfunction. In doing so, Heidi also invites readers to examine their own lives with compassion and honesty, and to learn how the gospel speaks into universal themes of love, identity, shame, conflict, and healing from personal and intergenerational trauma.
“Heidi writes with a raw honesty that caught me off guard. A book for anyone who has ever felt too much, too messy and too complicated for church. Heidi reminds us that God doesn’t flinch at our honesty but meets us in it.”Dami Im, Korean Australian Singer-Songwriter
“I enjoy reading everything Heidi publishes. This collection of poetry proves that she is as capable in poetry as she is in prose. It was a joy to read and contemplate it.”
Tim Challies, Author & Blogger at Challies.com
“The next generation is searching for faith that can hold both pain and hope. Heidi’s language carries a depth and beauty that slows the heart and invites you to sit with God—with your story, your cultural baggage, and your past and future—resting in the truth that God’s love for you is unwavering.”
Izzy Koo, Author of Finding God, Finding Me
“Heidi is absolutely one of my favourite authors. She writes beautiful poetry from a soul that is blemished but blessed. This book is brave, honest, and vulnerable poetry from a woman who ran away and has returned home. Amidst the hurt and the ashes, you’ll find that a heart of hope arises.”
Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator at SOLA Network
“A beautiful, haunting, and worshipful journey. Heidi puts words to aches you haven’t had the bravery to name. This book is a reminder that no iron prison of perfection or imperfection can hold off the redeeming, restoring love of God.”
Anna Tran, Writer at Heart & Hope
126 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 23, 2026
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