Home Is Where The Heart Is

Home Is Where the Heart Is is a debut poetry collection from Sir Julia — a Black woman, certified public accountant, and first-time author writing from the inside of grief, illness, race, ambition, and love.This is a book about what it feels like to be breaking and still getting up. To be the one everyone sees as strong while something inside you is asking for help in a language no one taught you how to speak.Across thirty poems organized into six movements — Injustice, The Storm, Shadow, Grief, Bonds, Homecoming — Sir Julia documents the quiet work of surviving yourself. The collection is illustrated with six original paintings by the author, each one opening a chapter and translating words into image.She writes plainly, because the truth didn't need to be dressed up. It just needed to be said.If you've ever lived through something that didn't have a name yet, you'll find yourself here. If you haven't, you'll learn what it looks like when someone finds their way home to themselves.For readers of Rupi Kaur, Cleo Wade, and Yrsa Daley-Ward — and for anyone who has ever carried something they couldn't quite name out loud. Read more