lullabies for warriors

A memoir written in verse a depression story awash with magical realism a love letter to women of colour everywhere lullabies for warriors is here to sit with its readers in their time of darkness and their time of healing. Written in three parts (the storm the sea and the winter) this books poetry is evidence of a young womans internal battle.In this collection we find poems about depression loneliness addiction love heartache trauma and healing. Accompanying these are poems about a journey: through seasons islands storms and oceans. As the poems alternate between reality and fantasy the narrator moves through mental illness illustrating that the path to recovery is often not a straightforward or ordinary one. harleen bhogals debut poetry collection is honest raw and uncensored - proof that no storm is more powerful than the human spirit in all its complicated brilliance.