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Aura
- Author
- Hillary Leftwich
- Narrator
- Hillary Leftwich
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 13 September 2022
- Run Time
- 6 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Aura is more than a memoir—it’s a spell book for survival, a powerful promise from mother to son, and an intimate examination of power, spirituality, and the abuse of both.
Hillary Leftwich weaves together the stories of her life to create startlingly raw memories that are both personal and profoundly universal. She explores the devastating impact of patriarchy in her own life while searching for answers in witchcraft, womanhood, and motherhood. Urgently portrayed and deeply felt, Aura is a complex tapestry of letters, spells, and memories. Her story is a vivid confrontation against an unforgiving world that traps women and children in the systems meant to save them. This is a story for seekers, searchers, and anyone in the process of saving themselves and their loved ones.
Critics Review
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“Stuck in tears and awe of Hillary’s vulnerability…[She] admits to having resistance to writing about her childhood because it feels dirty and secretive. But Aura engages with resistance by pushing into the dirt and secrecy and writing from those places because it feels necessary for survival and healing.”
Steven Dunn, Whiting Award–winning author of Water & Power
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“Let Hillary Leftwich to the front and may her remarkable memoir be read and celebrated far and wide.”
Selah Saterstrom, author of Ideal Suggestions
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“Unfortunately both trauma and spousal abuse are common experiences, but there is nothing common about Leftwich’s approach to writing…Aura is indeed a love letter. Written to her child, but also to and for herself, and to and for all of us. Hillary Leftwich writes a way forward in which she rescues herself and teaches us how to do the same.”
Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, author of Fig
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Details
- Author
- Hillary Leftwich
- Narrator
- Hillary Leftwich
- Duration
- 6 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9798212277280
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Memoirs, Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Parenting: advice and issues
Synopsis
Aura is more than a memoir—it’s a spell book for survival, a powerful promise from mother to son, and an intimate examination of power, spirituality, and the abuse of both.Hillary Leftwich weaves together the stories of her life to create startlingly raw memories that are both personal and profoundly universal. She explores the devastating impact of patriarchy in her own life while searching for answers in witchcraft, womanhood, and motherhood. Urgently portrayed and deeply felt, Aura is a complex tapestry of letters, spells, and memories. Her story is a vivid confrontation against an unforgiving world that traps women and children in the systems meant to save them. This is a story for seekers, searchers, and anyone in the process of saving themselves and their loved ones.
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