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Surviving You
Depicting a story told through poetry, Surviving You, touches on many topics about a relationship transition from love to pain with lies dressed like the truth falling for someone who pretended through it all then feeling the truth arise over time knowing in the end it was the best thing that could have ever happened. Treading with caution, the contents of the book discusses stories with mental health, sexual assault, love, abusive relationships, heartbreak, trauma and everything in-between, in the hopes to spread awareness on these heavy topics.
"I write this book for the hearts that need mending, the voices that need to be heard, and the souls that need healing. And once upon a time, in the thick of healing, I survived."
"I write this book for the hearts that need mending, the voices that need to be heard, and the souls that need healing. And once upon a time, in the thick of healing, I survived."
493 pages, Paperback
Published September 8, 2021
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September 28, 2021
ARC Review.
Thank you so much Danielle Holian for the advance copy of your poem.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨Friendship can be sad sometimes, because some friends are there for you, some are not.
✨A lot of people hide they’re feelings especially when they are hurt. They just keep it, but when time comes you want to open up, no one will listen.
✨Sometimes, someone will ask your explicit photos even though you don’t want to send but they keep asking and start blackmailing you.
✨Someone always promise you things that will never be happen. They should not make a promise if they wont be able to fulfill it.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨Some relationships have ups and downs, that’s okay. But if he starts beating you then that’s not good at all, its another story.
✨Never compare yourself to someone else. Because we are beautiful in our own way.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨Learn how to love yourself before anyone else.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨When you want to stand for yourself people will crush you.
✨It’s okay to cry and get hurt but when you’re done don’t even look back and start moving on.
This poem is relatable. We can’t please everybody, You get hurt, you cry but we still need to keep forward. When something happened and you try to tell someone they don’t listen or worse, they don’t believe you.
Thank you so much Danielle Holian for the advance copy of your poem.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨Friendship can be sad sometimes, because some friends are there for you, some are not.
✨A lot of people hide they’re feelings especially when they are hurt. They just keep it, but when time comes you want to open up, no one will listen.
✨Sometimes, someone will ask your explicit photos even though you don’t want to send but they keep asking and start blackmailing you.
✨Someone always promise you things that will never be happen. They should not make a promise if they wont be able to fulfill it.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨Some relationships have ups and downs, that’s okay. But if he starts beating you then that’s not good at all, its another story.
✨Never compare yourself to someone else. Because we are beautiful in our own way.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨Learn how to love yourself before anyone else.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
✨When you want to stand for yourself people will crush you.
✨It’s okay to cry and get hurt but when you’re done don’t even look back and start moving on.
This poem is relatable. We can’t please everybody, You get hurt, you cry but we still need to keep forward. When something happened and you try to tell someone they don’t listen or worse, they don’t believe you.
October 11, 2021
I would like to thank Danielle for sending me an ARC copy of her book.
'Surviving You' was so beautifully written. After I finished reading it, I just sat there and reflected, wondering how a person can endure such trauma and pain. But it's clear that writing all the hurt and negativity down can be extremely cathartic. As I made my way through the book, I could see that Danielle truly poured her heart out into her poetry. There was so much emotion in every. single. poem.
I felt as if I could relate to a majority of the poems, which helped me heal some of the pain I have experienced myself. To know there are people out there that understand is exactly what I needed to move past my trauma. Danielle's poetry validated my feelings and my experiences, which I am so thankful for.
'Sent to Save You,' 'If I Were the Problem,' and 'Gentle Child' were some of my favorite poems because I thought I was reading about myself. I realized I am not alone.
It was monumental to watch the author discuss her healing journey. I'm incredibly thankful I was given the chance to have a glimpse into Danielle's story because it was heartbreaking but inspiring all at once.
'Surviving You' was so beautifully written. After I finished reading it, I just sat there and reflected, wondering how a person can endure such trauma and pain. But it's clear that writing all the hurt and negativity down can be extremely cathartic. As I made my way through the book, I could see that Danielle truly poured her heart out into her poetry. There was so much emotion in every. single. poem.
I felt as if I could relate to a majority of the poems, which helped me heal some of the pain I have experienced myself. To know there are people out there that understand is exactly what I needed to move past my trauma. Danielle's poetry validated my feelings and my experiences, which I am so thankful for.
'Sent to Save You,' 'If I Were the Problem,' and 'Gentle Child' were some of my favorite poems because I thought I was reading about myself. I realized I am not alone.
It was monumental to watch the author discuss her healing journey. I'm incredibly thankful I was given the chance to have a glimpse into Danielle's story because it was heartbreaking but inspiring all at once.
October 28, 2021
This poetry book is the most raw, vulnerable and honest work I’ve ever read. Danielle’s writing is like you’re reading her personal journals. This book is filled with detailed accounts of her pain, her struggle, her processing and her rising back to wholeness and confidence. It’s encouraging, empowering and can make you feel seen, known and heard. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has dealt with abuse and the hard road of healing because you will surely be reminded that you are not alone in the most beautiful of ways.
December 5, 2021
Surviving You by Danielle Holian
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Thank you so much to Danielle Holian for gifting me this poetry collection. I read and reviewed Danielle's second collection The Dilemma last year.
Surviving You is set up in a similar way in that there are sections detailing pain and trauma (The Breaking, The Aching) as well as the aftermath (The Healing, The Making). Holian starts the poetry explaining the process of writing, the need for healing, for voicing her trauma in order to go forward and in many ways this is uncomfortable reading. There are so many poems of pain, of needing that recognition and voice that it must have been very difficult to write but at the same time, very freeing to finally have a voice.
As always, Holian's poems hit home, even though I haven't suffered that kind of trauma, I felt the worry of walking home late at night, the keys between fingers, the calls to family before you set off, the text to friends to let them know you've got home safely. These are universal, all women feel these worries growing up and Holian shouts these concerns from these powerful poems.
There are fantastic lines ('there's more to me than the cream on top of a Guinness); hopeful lines ('peace found me in between the breaking, the aching and the healing; I survived') and bloody great metaphors (I particularly loved the poems that appeared to be about libraries and books on loans).
This is a must read for any poetry fan but also for any woman navigating growing up in a world where men seemingly have the power and women need a voice. Holian has a voice here and she uses it well - powerful, evocative words that shock and shame but are ultimately hopeful for a better world.
Ad-pr product/gift -
Thank you so much to Danielle Holian for gifting me this poetry collection. I read and reviewed Danielle's second collection The Dilemma last year.
Surviving You is set up in a similar way in that there are sections detailing pain and trauma (The Breaking, The Aching) as well as the aftermath (The Healing, The Making). Holian starts the poetry explaining the process of writing, the need for healing, for voicing her trauma in order to go forward and in many ways this is uncomfortable reading. There are so many poems of pain, of needing that recognition and voice that it must have been very difficult to write but at the same time, very freeing to finally have a voice.
As always, Holian's poems hit home, even though I haven't suffered that kind of trauma, I felt the worry of walking home late at night, the keys between fingers, the calls to family before you set off, the text to friends to let them know you've got home safely. These are universal, all women feel these worries growing up and Holian shouts these concerns from these powerful poems.
There are fantastic lines ('there's more to me than the cream on top of a Guinness); hopeful lines ('peace found me in between the breaking, the aching and the healing; I survived') and bloody great metaphors (I particularly loved the poems that appeared to be about libraries and books on loans).
This is a must read for any poetry fan but also for any woman navigating growing up in a world where men seemingly have the power and women need a voice. Holian has a voice here and she uses it well - powerful, evocative words that shock and shame but are ultimately hopeful for a better world.
December 19, 2021
Even though it’s just shy of 500 pages which is huge for a poetry book, she shows the brutal truth of being a female in a gaslit relationship
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