I Am the Story I Was Afraid to Tell

<p>In <em>I Am the Story I Was Afraid to Tell</em> Liliana Caliente-Cazadora peels back the layers of silence and shame to share a poetic memoir that is raw haunting and achingly honest. Through a collection of free verse poems she explores the unspoken truths of her life-childhood shaped by addiction and violence the sudden loss of her mother unreported trauma complicated love and the long journey to self-acceptance.</p><p>Told in five thematic sections these poems offer snapshots of a girl growing up too fast a survivor learning to breathe again and a woman discovering her voice in a world that tried to quiet her. With fierce vulnerability and lyrical clarity Liliana invites readers into the spaces most people try to hide-the messy the painful the tender and the resilient.</p><p>This is not just a story of what she's been through. It's a story of what she's become.</p><p><em>I Am the Story I Was Afraid to Tell</em> is a love letter to the ones still learning how to take up space to speak the truth and to choose themselves-softly boldly and without apology.</p>