The Book List

Soft Things that Hurt

Essays on tenderness, emotional bruises, and the ache of small things that matter too much.

Published March 4, 2024

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Ivy Writerly

EPUB / MOBI

256

2024

564688747

Art by Kerrie Legend

Synopsis

Soft Things That Hurt is a quiet exploration of emotional bruises—the tender moments we pretend don’t sting, but carry anyway. Through essays and reflections, Ivy Writerly examines the ache that lives in kindness, memory, vulnerability, and the things we never quite say out loud. This book isn’t loud or dramatic—it just knows where the nerves are.

The Art of Being Almost

Essays on tenderness, emotional bruises, and the ache of small things that matter too much.

Published March 4, 2024

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Ivy Writerly

EPUB / MOBI

256

2024

564688747

Art by Kerrie Legend

Synopsis

An ebook about near-misses, unfinished moments, and the ache of not quite.

Some lives are lived in fragments. Almost decisions. Almost love. Almost becoming who we thought we’d be. The Art of Being Almost is a collection of essays and reflections for anyone who’s stood at the edge of something—close enough to feel it, too far to reach it.

This is not a book about closure. It’s about everything that comes before that.

Inside:

  • 30+ emotionally resonant essays and prose pieces

  • Themes of indecision, longing, hesitation, and the unchosen life

  • A gentle companion for the quietly conflicted

  • Delivered in both PDF + EPUB formats

If you’ve ever wondered what could’ve been—if you’re still holding a “maybe” inside you—this book understands.

Halfway to Whole

Essays on tenderness, emotional bruises, and the ache of small things that matter too much.

Published March 4, 2024

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Ivy Writerly

EPUB / MOBI

256

2024

564688747

Art by Kerrie Legend

Synopsis

An ebook about being in-between—half-healed, half-certain, and still moving forward.

Halfway to Whole is not a story of resolution. It’s a companion for the middle part—the awkward, aching space between the breaking and the becoming. These essays speak to the ones still figuring it out, still stitching themselves together with soft threads and second tries.

It’s for the days when you’re doing better… but not quite great. When you’ve come a long way, but still miss where you started.

Inside:

  • 30+ essays exploring healing, self-trust, and emotional ambiguity

  • Themes of identity, progress, restlessness, and the slow rebuild

  • For the quiet middle stretch—before clarity, after collapse

  • Comes in PDF + EPUB format, beautiful on every device

If you’re somewhere between who you were and who you’re becoming, this book won’t rush you. It’ll walk beside you.

The Quiet Between Lightning

Essays on tenderness, emotional bruises, and the ache of small things that matter too much.

Published March 4, 2024

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NUMBER OF PAGES
YEAR OF ISSUE
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Ivy Writerly

EPUB / MOBI

256

2024

564688747

Art by Kerrie Legend

Synopsis

An ebook about anticipation, tension, and the moments before everything changes.

This is a book about the pause.
About standing still while the storm gathers, knowing something is coming—but not knowing what. The Quiet Between Lightning explores the emotional tension of waiting, the hum of uncertainty, and the quiet unraveling that often comes before clarity.

These essays live in the space between endings and beginnings, where nothing is certain but everything is shifting.

Inside:

  • 25+ poetic essays and fragmented reflections

  • Themes of change, unease, indecision, and quiet personal weather

  • For the ones who feel the storm before the sky says so

  • Delivered in both PDF + EPUB formats for ease and beauty

If you’ve ever felt like your life was holding its breath, this book knows exactly where you are.

A Home for All My Leaving

Essays on tenderness, emotional bruises, and the ache of small things that matter too much.

Published March 4, 2024

AUTHOR
format
NUMBER OF PAGES
YEAR OF ISSUE
ISBN
COVER

Ivy Writerly

EPUB / MOBI

256

2024

564688747

Art by Kerrie Legend

Synopsis

An ebook about anticipation, tension, and the moments before everything changes.

This is a book about the pause.
About standing still while the storm gathers, knowing something is coming—but not knowing what. The Quiet Between Lightning explores the emotional tension of waiting, the hum of uncertainty, and the quiet unraveling that often comes before clarity.

These essays live in the space between endings and beginnings, where nothing is certain but everything is shifting.

Inside:

  • 25+ poetic essays and fragmented reflections

  • Themes of change, unease, indecision, and quiet personal weather

  • For the ones who feel the storm before the sky says so

  • Delivered in both PDF + EPUB formats for ease and beauty

If you’ve ever felt like your life was holding its breath, this book knows exactly where you are.

Soft Things that Hurt

Essays on tenderness, emotional bruises, and the ache of small things that matter too much.

Published March 4, 2024

AUTHOR
format
NUMBER OF PAGES
YEAR OF ISSUE
ISBN
COVER

Ivy Writerly

EPUB / MOBI

256

2024

564688747

Art by Kerrie Legend

Synopsis

An ebook about tenderness, emotional bruises, and the quiet pain that lingers longer than it should.

Not all pain is sharp. Some of it arrives gently—through kindness, memory, softness that catches you off guard. Soft Things That Hurt is a collection of essays exploring the ache that lives in ordinary moments: a familiar song, a well-meaning word, a touch that came too late or not at all.

These aren’t dramatic wounds. They’re the kind that settle into the fabric of your daily life and ask to be named.

Inside:

  • 30+ lyrical essays and prose fragments

  • Themes of vulnerability, grief, intimacy, and the heaviness of feeling deeply

  • Meant for slow reading and quiet reflection

  • Comes in PDF + EPUB for ease and beauty

This is the book for the tenderhearted, the overthinkers, the ones who feel everything a little too much and still choose to love anyway.