{"product_id":"hard-hands-soft-hearts-growing-up-poor-surviving-violence-and-learning-how-to-heal-9798198512337","title":"Hard Hands, Soft Hearts: Growing Up Poor, Surviving Violence, and Learning How to Heal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Crystal Amon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHard Hands, Soft Hearts \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply emotional memoir about growing up poor while being raised by grandparents in a home shaped by love, hardship, emotional abuse, and generational pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn as twins and later helping raise a little brother five years younger, Crystal Amon shares the raw truth of childhood spent walking on eggshells-listening through thin walls for arguments, learning fear too young, and trying to survive inside a home where softness and anger lived side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of it all stood two unforgettable people: A grandmother sweet as pie, whose gentle love became a shelter through every storm. And a grandfather hard as nails, whose own unhealed pain shaped the family in ways that left lasting scars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough heartbreakingly honest storytelling, Crystal opens the door to memories of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epoverty and shame, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eemotional violence, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esibling loyalty, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esilent survival, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egenerational trauma, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the long journey toward healing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this memoir is not only about pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about breaking cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about discovering that tenderness can survive even the hardest childhoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHard Hands, Soft Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a story for anyone who has ever: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egrown up too fast, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecarried invisible wounds, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eloved complicated people, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eor fought to build peace after surviving chaos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with vulnerability, warmth, and emotional truth, this unforgettable memoir reminds readers that even in broken homes, love can still leave light behind. Because sometimes the softest hearts are born from the hardest lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890417778839,"sku":"9798198512337","price":1033.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198512337.webp?v=1781179942","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hard-hands-soft-hearts-growing-up-poor-surviving-violence-and-learning-how-to-heal-9798198512337","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}