The Shape of Survival

The Shape of Survival is a collection of poems by Nancy Atieno, a Kenyan poet who has lived the words she writes.

She knows the loss she speaks of. She has held her own heart through periods of heartbreak. She understands hunger, and she carries motherhood as a journey of daily healing.

In these poems, you will meet a woman learning how to choose herself. A mother facing her inner battles, determined to do better. And a girl who still believes that even broken hearts continue to beat.

This is not a typical poetry book. It is a home.

A place for anyone who carries too much and still wakes up willing to try again.

Read it slowly.

Let it remind you that survival is beautiful.

Carry its words with you, wherever life takes you.

Welcome to her world.