An ebook version of Fierce Reality will be available in February 2026. If you'd like a free copy before then, let me know. I'd really like it if you coud arrange a book club around it...
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October 17, 2025
I just finished your book. Bravo. Kudos to you for your unabashed self revelation, your breadth and depth of knowledge, your way with words, your passion and sensitivity and about what is right, etc. etc. A memoir like none other I have ever read.
Fierce Reality
September 9, 2025
Fierce Reality is a memoir in 5 parts that explores the complexities of relationships, children young and old, dreams and myths, and invisible trauma and disabilities. Its style invites the reader to feel as though they're in conversation with a trusted confidant.
We all face the labyrinth of life, full of twists and turns. This book tells one such story.
There are 5 sections:
The Dream & Reality of Childhood
Not all Disabilities are Visible
Ecological Trauma
Getting through the (days) and nights
At the Center with Transcendence.
An afterword helps the reader navigate their own mazes.
This book is for readers who care about self-transformation and growth, spiritual exploration, a deeper connection with animals and nature, & cultural rejuvenation.
From Goodreads: "A natural and graceful writer…Harms' self-examination is
unflinching and possessed of the dignity that attends a genuine commitment to telling the truth."
Contact: valerie@valerieharms.com.
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Fierce Reality
June 20, 2025
Autobiographical essays plus a few exercises. I hope to get this published by 7.17.25
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Anais Nin books
March 1, 2024
Anais and I at the Gotham Book Mart.
I gave away my 20+ books of my Nin collection, which have been most avaluable to me for decades.
Worst year ever
August 15, 2023
My daughter, excellent writer, professor, mother, wife died on August 4th after diagnosis of brain cancer.
Netflix censorship
May 23, 2023
I rented Revolutionary Road, directed by the great Sam Mendes, from Netflix. The 1st disk arrived cracked in half. The replacement had the abortion scenes edited out. Sabotage, censorship! I called Netflix; they said the movie studios do it because abortion is such a hot political topic. Are they afraid of getting penalized? They said it is one of the reasons they are retiring DVD service after 25 years.😟