Delicia Niami
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GENRE: Memoir
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BLURB:
Resilience isn’t inherited. It’s a hard-fought skill forged by our ability to pick up the broken pieces of our past and remake them into something new.
Meet four-year-old Delicia, a poor but carefree child who is about to have her world shattered. Along with her seven-year-old brother Nile, she is kidnapped from her Los Angeles home by her estranged father and taken to Iraq, a foreign world she has never known. This is just the beginning of a string of traumas, hardships, and assaults Delicia will endure throughout her tumultuous childhood.
Now an adult living back in California, Delicia Niami bravely recounts how she survived the unimaginable in her debut memoir. Kissing Asphalt, the first in her memoir trilogy, ResilientAF, grapples with the power of resilience, acceptance, and self-love. She revisits her terrifying past with vulnerability, compassion, and the honesty of a true survivor. Hold hands with Delicia as she faces her childhood scars and learns how to confront her fears, accept her true value and identity, and embrace her unique gifts. It’s a multi-decade roller coaster ride that is the beginning of her liberation, propelling her to live an inspired life and embrace her full human potential—a human potential she knows lives inside everyone, no matter what life has thrown at us.
For anyone who has struggled with childhood trauma, Delicia’s unflinching journey through darkness and back to light will resonate. She has decided to share her story publicly in hopes that it will serve as a guide to the many who have suffered in silence and continue to struggle against the daunting weight imposed by childhood trauma.
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EXCERPT
It was a sunny day in Arleta, California. A layer of smog covered the sky, giving it the most illustrious orange hue. My brother and I were anxiously awaiting our five-day Easter vacation with our father. Our parents were going through a tumultuous divorce and had been separated for about a year at this point. I felt extremely sad because I never got to see my “dad.” I thought it odd that he cut all ties with our family, especially his own children. At only four years of age, I couldn’t understand the concept of a father wanting nothing to do with his kids. Imagine the excitement my brother, who was seven at the time, and I felt after almost a year of not seeing him. Now we were going to get to spend five whole days for Easter with our “dad.”
A Word With the Author
1.Did you always want to be an author? No, LOL. I wanted to be a lawyer. I just happened to have this insane life and have learned to always see the silver lining. The only reason I wrote my story was to help others realize that we are all ResilientAF and can make it through anything life throws our way.
2.Tell us about the publication of your first book.
It was actually kind of a nightmare. I started with a hybrid publisher and it was very misleading. I ended up becoming my own publisher and distributing it with Bublish, who I really enjoy working with. I knew that no matter what it took, I had to get my book out to the world as my story needed to be heard.
3.Besides yourself, who is your favorite author in the genre you write in? Deepak Chopra. He is an inspiration to me. He has such a positive outlook on life and has really helped me embrace that side of me. His books have helped me through a lot in this lifetime.
He is more of a self-help but has written memoir as well
4.What's the best part of being an author? When I get an email from someone who read my book that was moved or helped in some way. This brings me more joy than anything I’ve ever experienced.
The worst? Trying to get the word out about my book. Marketing piece of this is exhausting!
5.What are you working on now?
Not My Circus, the second book in the series should be released in July so keep an eye out for the announcement of pre-sale. This book picks up where Kissing Asphalt leaves off. It takes you up to the point where my mother’s murderer is convicted. The Queen of Silver Linings is about three quarters of the way through the rough draft and my ultimate goal is to release the entire series in 2024. This book goes through my healing journey, all of the plant medicines, breathwork, therapy, etc…I have done and continue to do to get to where I am today.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Delicia Niami is an acclaimed memoirist and LGBTQ+ advocate, whose raw and edgy storytelling has touched the hearts of readers worldwide. Residing in Santa Cruz and an alumna of UCSC, Delicia draws inspiration from her own journey of resilience and empowerment. Through her memoirs, she fearlessly addresses topics such as sexual abuse, trauma recovery, and the importance of self-compassion. Delicia's work not only sheds light on difficult experiences but also empowers others to find their voices and embrace their own resilience. Her passion for advocacy shines through in her writing, making her a powerful voice for change and healing in today's world.
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/delicianiami_author/
https://www.facebook.com/ResilientAFMemoir
https://www.facebook.com/kissingasphalt
https://www.instagram.com/resilientaf_memoir/
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
The author will award a randomly drawn winner a signed special edition copy of the book.
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