Haven

by Tiffini Johnson

From the acclaimed best-selling author of The Character and Dance For Me comes an unforgettable story of friendship, resilience and the staggering cost of stolen innocence. This is the story of Haven, a ten-year-old little girl and her eight -year- old sister, Poppy. They are inseparable, building forts, playing on the train tracks, hanging wishes from a beloved willow tree and rescuing birds. They are different, too. Haven is Daddy’s girl, a chilling term that hides the pain she is in. Currently surviving sexual abuse, she reads a library book about how dandelion oil can help all sorts of things (from dry skin to cancer). She gathers them and creates homemade oil, hoping to stop the ants crawling inside her, hoping to make whole the broken parts. Poppy is innocent, free from abuse, imaginative and even quietly defiant, decorating her space with My Little Pony creations and healing birds. When Haven realizes Poppy is in danger of also becoming “Daddy’s girl” she knows she has to take action and do something bold and daring.But her act of bravery is it will only save one of them.“… a striking example of art as redemption..” - G – a Storytimer review

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2019

About the author

When she's not acting as a canvas for her two young girls to paint upon, searching for creepy crawly bugs or playing any number of imaginative games, Tiffini can be found writing. Writing has been a part of Tiffini's world for as long as she can remember; she was reading her own books aloud to classmates by the third grade. The majority of her books focus on childhood trauma, the effects of said trauma, and the children who must overcome it.

She is also an avid reader who enjoys cooking, Georgia, teaching, music and public speaking. She soaks up country music like sunshine and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.