The Book

The Child I Was, The Adult I Became

Sleep, if you dare

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About the Book

A journey through shadows and light

A child's silence. A woman's voice. This is the story of surviving, remembering, and becoming.

Written as a conversation between two versions of one life, one small and scared, the other tired but still standing, The Child I Was, The Adult I Became moves through a home where love was missing, a childhood spent learning fear before comfort, and the long, unfinished work of healing.

It is not a book written for pity. It is a book written from survival, healing, and faith. Raw, honest, and quietly defiant, it is a testimony that broken beginnings can still lead to beautiful chapters.

Author
Kossiwa Kougblenou
Genre
Memoir
Formats
Paperback & eBook
ISBN
9798246842553

What It Holds

Three threads, one life

I

Trauma

The weight a child carries in silence, and what it costs to survive a house that was never safe.

II

Memory

Returning to the rooms we fled, to finally hear what that little girl was trying to say.

III

Resilience

Learning to breathe again, to mother oneself, and to choose a life beyond survival.

“This is my testimony. This is the evidence that broken beginnings can still lead to beautiful chapters.”

From the Preface

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ISBN 9798246842553

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This is the story of surviving, remembering, and becoming.