Official Blurb
In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain—day by day, hour by hour, and second by second—is the real work of healing. With uncommon warmth and wisdom, Zebian empowers all who have lost to let go of anger and transform their suffering into the softness, sweetness, and beauty of nectar. She holds her readers by the hand as they heal.
About the Author
Najwa Zebian is a Lebanese-Canadian author, speaker, and
educator. Her passion for language was evident from a young age, as she delved
into Arabic poetry and novels.
The search for a home—what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart
feel at peace—was central to her early years. When she arrived in Canada at the
age of sixteen, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place.
Nevertheless, she completed her education, and went on to become a teacher as
well as a doctoral candidate in educational leadership. Her first students, a
group of young refugees, led her back to her original passion: writing. She
began to heal her sixteen-year-old self by writing to heal her students.
Since self-publishing her first collection of poetry and prose in 2016, Najwa
has become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide.
Najwa has become a trailblazing voice for women everywhere and was name dropped
by the New York Times and CBS News among others.
Drawing on her own experiences of displacement, discrimination, and abuse,
Najwa uses her words to encourage others to build a home within themselves; to
live, love, and create fearlessly.
Book Review
Food for the heartbroken soul, this book provides some
simple truths that we must learn after heart break whether it is us leaving
someone behind before we are ready or them abruptly leaving our life without
closure. These poems focus on that lack of closure, instead insisting that you
only need yourself in order to move on. Simple though it may seem, anyone who
has been there knows that you can never be reminded too much. Instead of
listing off advice, the poetry encapsulates the ardent, raw emotion surrounding
unresolved heartbreak in order to understand yours.
The unfortunate part of this work is it's repetitive ideas. Each poem on it's
own is quite good, but multiple poems will even share the same exact lines
over, use the same handful of stereotypical, high school poetry 101 metaphors
(oceans, sun, moon, bird, etc.) that lack depth. There is some beautiful
language and quotes you will want to return to again and again such as the
intro which is why I even picked it up to read it:
"Those mountains that you are carrying, you were only meant to
climb."
She then weaves that same idea and imagery throughout other poems. However,
other instances where I believe she attempted the same thing with different
images fell flat as they were not as unique, profound, or personally touching
as this stunning opening quote.
That said, this is entirely relatable. Bob-Waksberg's "serial
monogamist" types would shed a tear at some of the memories dragged up
with these poems. Not every one will speak to everyone, but every one will
speak to someone, and you will understand the emotion behind a lot of the
poetry in here.
You can grab your copy from here,
US, UK, Canada readers:
The Nectar of Pain
Indian readers:
The Nectar of Pain
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