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Susan Appel on Healing and “What the Heart Carries”

In her deeply personal novel What the Heart Carries, Susan Appel transforms lived experience into a moving story of family, faith and long-buried truths. Inspired by real events yet shaped through the lens of fiction, the book explores how a single secret can ripple across generations — leaving behind both…
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May 6, 2026
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A Life Shaped by Secrets, Redeemed by Forgiveness

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
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April 21, 2026