Salt & Light
Salt & Light is a book of prose and poetry, shedding light onto invisible struggles and journeys through mental illness, abuse and infertility. The book is divided in two parts, Salt; representing darkness of the past and Light; representing the hopefulness of the future. Salt & Light takes readers through a journey of pain and ends with emotional healing and self-worth.
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Without Fear
Without Fear is a book of prose and poetry about the up and down journey of healing. It’s about transforming your pain into something beautiful. Without Fear helps readers see that their struggles can make them stronger, like a well-tended garden, they can blossom. It’s about owning your past, instead of letting it control you.
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Your Move
Claire Martel learned long ago that even people close to you can’t be trusted. She’s built a comfortable life for herself while keeping everyone at a distance. When she comes home one day and realizes that someone has been in her apartment, she knows that she is no longer safe and that her deepest secret has been discovered. Nothing is missing, but the message is clear. Who would believe her? Who can she trust?
Feeling the walls closing in, Claire finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation as a person of interest. Her home is no longer safe. Her best option is to disappear—again. She leaves her life behind, only to wind up running into danger, not away from it. Claire must push through her fears and find strength within herself as she ends up in a battle for her life.
There She Lies
We all have secrets—little white lies we tell ourselves. Everyone has them, but no matter how hard we try to keep them hidden, even our deepest secrets can come up to the surface.
When the Millers move across the province to pursue William’s lifelong dream of becoming a helicopter pilot, Quinn, a new mother, feels isolated from everything she’s ever known, only, Quinn has been there before. Struggling with severe postpartum depression, Quinn turns to her elderly neighbour for help, but how much does she really know about Mrs. Westover? Only what she chooses to reveal. Mrs. Westover never lies, in fact, she despises liars. What will she do when she finds out Quinn’s been dishonest with her? This story started long before Quinn ever met Mrs. Westover.
An old secret, a story of revenge, and a friendship gone wrong. How do we decide who to trust? This twisted story will makes us think twice about who we choose as friends.
The Sleep Clinic
Laurel Gervais wakes up to her roommate knocking frantically on her bedroom door, insisting she be allowed inside. Standing in the middle of her bed, Laurel takes in a scene of destruction; shredded sheets, unhinged curtains and feathers floating aimlessly all around her. She had done this and yet, she had no memory of it.
Discovering she’d suffered from night terrors as a child Laurel quickly books a sleep study in the hopes of coming up with strategies to cope with her sudden and violent reactions. The Salter Square sleep clinic comes highly recommended to help people suffering from sleep disorders, but instead of helping, Laurel can’t help but feel trapped. With ancient architecture and strange design, this place frightens more than it soothes. A group of patients booked for a sleep study that very night are about to discover just how terrifying this place truly is. When a threat appears, Laurel must let down her guard and is forced to trust strangers with her life.
Published November 14, 2021
Cages
She saw something and it might just change everything.
People often overlook what’s right in front of their eyes, preferring the fake version of things rather than the truth. Hiding beneath the image of what everyone else expects you to be will end up hurting them all in the long term.
The members of the Richardson family are experts at pretending. They’ve all been doing it for years. How long will they get away with it? How far are they willing to go to maintain their flawless standing in the community?
A family vacation to Lake Clear might seem like a good idea at first, but it might just be the biggest mistake they ever make.
Bookish Notebook
A notebook for all bookish things. This beautiful notebook gives you the perfect space to jot down any bookish notes or track all your book-related lists, ideas, books read, rating systems, and much more. Suitable for everyone, this notebook also includes coloring pages and blank note pages for mindfulness or thoughts. With enough content to fill 100 book titles, you can use this notebook all year or for several years depending on your reading goal.
One More Chapter
A reading tracker for all bookish things. Similar to its sister notebook 'Bookish Notebook', this gorgeous notebook gives you the perfect space to jot down any bookish notes or track all your book-related lists, ideas, books read, rating systems, and much more. Suitable for everyone, this notebook also includes coloring pages and blank note pages for mindfulness or thoughts. With enough content to fill 100 book titles, you can use this notebook all year or for several years depending on your reading goal.
Mama Elephant’s Baby Tiger
Mama and Baby Elephant find Baby Tiger alone in the jungle. Baby Tiger is alone and has no parents. Mama and Baby Elephant decide to grow their family and welcome Baby Tiger with the love of adoption.
When You Say Nothing At All
Tim is learning that people can show love and kindness with their actions as well as with the words they speak. This story is about navigating the unspoken ways people show they care, the confusion that can arise when trying to interpret their meaning, and the comfort of understanding the message, even when nothing is being said.
Hardcover Notebook
A Notebook with 100 lined pages is the perfect place to write down lists, class notes, plot a new novel, or keep track of your favorite recipes. Both beautiful and practical, this notebook is perfectly sized at 6x9 to fill with anything you need to keep track of.
Author Photo by North Saplings Photography
Michelle Young is a Canadian author of multiple books. She has been featured in The Globe and Mail, appeared on television and podcasts, and is passionately seeking new ways to bring invisible battles into the light through her stories. Young lives in the country on the outskirts of Ottawa with her family.
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