Nonfiction

The Girl Who Kept Going

Personal writing about survival, foster care, resilience, faith, healing, and the long process of finding and using one’s own voice.

About the Work

A Story Told With Care

Donna’s memoir writing draws from lived experience and the complicated realities of childhood, foster care, survival, and rebuilding a life after circumstances no child should have had to manage alone.

The work is being developed with attention to truth, emotional clarity, privacy, and the difference between recounting pain and allowing a life to be defined by it.

Guiding Approach

  • Honest without being sensational
  • Grounded in lived experience
  • Focused on resilience rather than easy triumph
  • Written with care for privacy and context
  • Centered on reclaiming voice and agency

Release Information

More Details Will Be Shared

Official title information, cover art, sample chapters, and publication details will be added as the memoir moves toward publication.

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