The Turnaway Girls is the kind of story that feels like a fairy tale. Something old and buried. Something that could resonate in any time/history. Like a foundation. Something that has been around for centuries, like the stars myths & forgotten. But here it is, resurfaced in your hand. A treasure remembered and cherished. Something sacred and ancient.
It takes such residence in your heart that it speaks to your soul, grasps your intuition, and opens, like a key to Bluebeards chamber showing the truth. And encourages, like Orpheus charging into the underworld, to be brave. Showing, with a cloisterwing, a glimmer of shining light, the way back home to the soul self.

Every sentence sings and comes alive. Every word beats with heart and thrums with a double edged meaning. This is such a carefully weaved and intricate story - much like the Turnaway Girls threads and Delphernia's Golden birds. I'm still letting this story seap into my bones. Letting it take a soft feathered space within my heart.

Hayley, this is incredible! You are incredible!
What an inspiration. What a beautiful beautiful tale of reclaiming back our voices, of going against the grain, of answering the call to courage, and being our authentic selves. Such an empowering read. It sparked many fires within my belly. And I will try, hense forth, to conciously channel Delphernia's soul/singing throat as I go on my own journey to reclaim and trust and recover and follow the heart and answer the call to courage. To unlearn the voices not my own and sing!!!! ✨