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All books books bought via this site are up to 25% off the registered retail price and are personally signed by Gwen. You also have the option of adding a short personal message from Gwen.

Note: Due to the customisation of each order, all orders are non-refundable.

 

The Day I Learned to Love Myself (Softback)

Category:
Signed Book
SKU:
GL701 SB
Price:
£9.90£13.20
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Description

15 Short Stories and Poems

Signed copy by Gwen Lewis

Shipped within 10 days

 

What if self love was never something you had to earn?

For years, many women are taught to search for their worth in other people. In beauty standards. In relationships. In achievement. In approval. Yet true healing begins when we stop searching outside ourselves and start coming home to who we have always been.

The Day I Learned to Love Myself is a deeply moving collection of fifteen stories and fifteen poems that explore the emotional journeys of women of colour, learning to embrace themselves fully.
This powerful collection explores themes including:

Self love and self acceptance

Colourism and beauty standards

Hair, identity, and belonging

Cultural expectations and generational trauma

Heartbreak and unhealthy relationships

Sexualisation and reclaiming bodily autonomy

Grief, healing, and resilience

Finding your voice and taking up space

Ancestry, heritage, and coming home to yourself

Each story introduces a different woman facing her own struggles, fears, and deeply personal challenges. Through heartbreak, loss, self discovery, and transformation, these women learn that their worth was never dependent on how others saw them. And the spoken word poems woven throughout the collection offer moments of reflection, comfort, and emotional connection, creating a powerful reading experience that speaks directly to the heart.

This is more than a book about self love.
It is a book about survival.
About healing.
About identity.
About belonging.
About breaking cycles.
About reclaiming your voice.
And about discovering that you were always worthy of love.
Whether you are beginning your healing journey or continuing the path towards self acceptance, these pages will remind you of a truth that can be easy to forget:
You are not broken.
You are not too much.
You are not alone.
You have always been enough.
Perfect for readers who enjoy inspirational women's fiction, reflective poetry, emotional healing, personal growth, and stories of resilience, empowerment, and self discovery.