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Ashes to Light: A Memoir of Survival and Reclaiming My Spirit
Paperback
Biographies GeneralAbuseAddiction & Recovery
Publisher: Heidi F. Dunn
Published: Jun 1 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.26 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
I didn't just survive-I came back for my soul.
Heidi Carter's life was set on fire by trauma-rape, silence, addiction, and abuse that threatened to consume her from the inside out. In the darkest corners of her past, she was stripped of her voice, her safety, and her sense of worth. For years, she lived in survival mode, caught in the grip of meth and the needle, convinced that love meant pain and that healing was for other people.
But this is not just a story of pain. This is a story of rising.
Ashes to Light is Heidi's raw, unfiltered account of what it means to lose yourself-and then fight like hell to get back. From the silence of trauma to the toxic pull of a narcissistic relationship, from relapse to moments of clarity, she walks us through what it looks like to reclaim your spirit one shattered piece at a time.
Through faith, therapy, motherhood, and truth-telling, Heidi finds the strength not only to survive-but to believe she deserves something more: peace, love, joy, and freedom.
This book is for every woman who has ever felt broken beyond repair.
It's for the ones who stayed quiet too long.
It's for the ones who are still rising.
Your scars do not make you unworthy.
Your past does not disqualify you.
You are not too far gone.
And this?
This is your invitation to the light.
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