The Home She Built

By Domonique Shackelford

The Home She Built is an emotional story of survival, motherhood, healing, and the courage it takes to choose a different life.

At twenty-five years old, Nia has already lived through more heartbreak than most people face in a lifetime. Raised by a hardworking single mother and shaped by the chaos of a father battling addiction, abuse, and infidelity, she learned early that love could be painful and unstable.

After becoming a mother at sixteen, Nia fought to give her child the security she never had. But when her marriage begins to mirror the toxic relationship she watched destroy her own family, she realizes that staying may cost her everything.

With nothing but determination, fear, and hope for a better future, Nia packs up her children and leaves behind the life that has been holding her down. In a new city, she begins rebuilding from the ground up-learning to trust herself, embrace her worth, and believe that real love does not have to hurt.

The Home She Built is a powerful, heartwarming journey about breaking generational cycles, finding strength after pain, and creating the kind of home love was always meant to be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMJW5GD5
• ISBN13: 9798237810622
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Domonique Shackelford
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"