Suzanne Mela

Suzanne Mela is an author whose writing is rooted in lived experience and a desire to help others feel less alone. Her illustrated memoir, Uninvited & Unbroken, tells the deeply personal story of a life shaped by childhood rejection, trauma, love, motherhood, loss, and the lifelong search for be...

Uninvited & Unbroken - A Memoir

By: Suzanne Mela

What happens when the one thing you've searched for your entire life is the very thing that has always seemed hardest to find?For Suzanne, that thing was love.From a childhood shaped by rejection, silence, and a longing to belong, to a trauma at fourteen that changed the course of her life, Suzanne learned early how to survive what she couldn't understand.She grew up. She became a wife and a mothe...

Father-Less - What Every Girl Deserves to Know

By: Suzanne Mela

Growing up without a father changes a girl. It can shape how she loves, how she trusts, how she protects herself, and even how she sees her own worth."Father-Less: What Every Girl Deserves to Know" is a tender and powerful guidebook for girls and women who grew up without the man who was supposed to stay.Drawing from lived experience, Suzanne Mela speaks directly to the feelings so many fatherless...