Broken Things Sing Too

""This honest woman's story recounts a powerful spiritual and personal journey evocative of simultaneously tender love and excruciatingly painful love through the vicissitudes of life and relationships. The inspiring poetry, music lyrics, and heartfelt beauty expressed in these pages warmly grace the reader with both the light of truth and the boldness of hope--in this Jubilee Year of Hope--in often inhospitable places; yet where the Holy Spirit always precedes us. Thank God for the wisdom and resilience of Hope."" --Thomas Dougherty, Director, Center for Speech and Writing, Mundelein Seminary ""In poetry and prose that is both haunting and lyrical, Hope the Lionheart tells a story that wanders through a life of brokenness and healing. Her storytelling is stunning and honest and beautiful. At its heart, it teaches about prayer and the quiet conversation that the Holy One has with each of us, offering mercy and hope no matter where we go in life."" --Christina R. Zaker, Director of Field Education, Catholic Theological Union ""Nadiya invites the reader into a powerful soul journey marked by suffering, pain, and grief while witnessing to the grace and resiliency of the human spirit. Her vulnerable, creative, and lyrical journey offers the reader new life arising from the ashes of trauma and brokenness."" --Kevin P. McClone, Licensed Clinical Psychologist ""Broken Things Sing Too is a compelling novel born out of immense personal and communal suffering, and written by an extraordinary woman of uncommon intellect, courage, and determination whose chosen name is none other than Hope. It is also a song whose rhapsodic and deeply spiritual lyrics invite each reader to listen closely to, and strive to make sense of, their own heart's melody of resilience in the face of life's cruelty and promise."" --Scott C. Alexander, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, Catholic Theological Union