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Spells for Surviving a Haunted Childhood: Part One

by Barbara Latinka

A memoir shaped by magical realism and ritual

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A memoir shaped by magical realism and ritual

Part one of a three-part memoir series, this book frames a childhood marked by neglect, emotional abuse, abandonment, and silence through a grimoire-style narrative. Magical realism and creative rituals provide its organizing language as the narrator turns toward trauma, generational pain, and the work of reclaiming a personal story. The blend of creative nonfiction and imaginative elements places the account between memoir and symbolic exploration of survival and self-healing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in memoirs addressing childhood trauma, abandonment, and resilience.
  • Readers drawn to creative nonfiction that incorporates magical realism and ritual.
  • Those exploring themes of inner-child healing and self-help approaches to trauma recovery.

Themes

Childhood trauma and neglectAbandonment and generational painResilience and reclaiming one's storyMagical realism and creative ritual

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Book overview

Spells for Surviving a Haunted Childhood is a powerful, poetic memoir series about what it means to grow up in the shadow of trauma-and how to reclaim your story through resilience, imagination, and self-healing. In this lyrical coming-of-age story, a neglected girl grows up in a world of emotional abuse, abandonment, and silence. Through magical realism and creative rituals, she begins to transform her pain into power. This book is the first in a three-part memoir series about healing the inner child and surviving the darkness.

 

This grimoire-style narrative blends creative nonfiction, emotional spells, and magical realism to explore life as an abused child navigating abandonment, generational pain - and so much more. This series is for anyone who has ever felt invisible, unworthy, or unlovable-and who still dares to believe in the possibility of light.

 

Perfect for readers of The Body Keeps the Score, Heavy, Know My Name, and The Year of Magical Thinking-as well as fans of poetic memoirs, self-help for trauma recovery, and inner child work.

 

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