In The Wake of Her Hands: Stories about trauma, Healing, and A mother who stayed

In the Wake of Her Hands is a powerful memoir about grief, resilience, and overcoming adversity—a deeply personal story of losing a mother, raising a child alone, and doing the brutal, beautiful work of turning absence into a life worth living.

Living with sickle cell disease, Tarneshia M. Word shares an unforgettable, inspirational true story shaped by hospital visits, heartbreak, and survival against the odds. From childhood illness and unimaginable loss to becoming a single mother navigat...