The Past Still Breathes: A Memoir of Survival, Reinvention & Global Adventure, (Paperback)

<p>Kirstyn Lewis is a New Zealand born-Australian memoirist. The Past Still Breathes is a brave and unforgettable portrait of a woman no longer willing to be reduced by her past but wise enough to know it still has something to teach her. </p><p></p><p>Raw, elegant and emotionally propulsive, The Past Still Breathes offers a cinematic sweep of a life well lived told with the intimacy of a late-night girls confession. It is bold and urgently contemporary: this is a memoir that will resonate with every woman who has been judged, dismissed, misled or survived the unthinkable. </p><p></p><p>The Past Still Breathes is a globally resonant story of a woman's emotional journey through adoption, bipolar, single motherhood, institutional power and coercive control. Lewis writes with rare honesty about the shame that shapes a life and the extraordinary courage required to confront and overcome what we inherit and attract across cultures and continents. </p><p></p><p>For book clubs, podcasts, universities, women's organisations and readers who seek a more inclusive, introspective conversation around what women inherit, their resilience and ability to overcome patriarchal or outdated systems designed to keep them compartmentalised, and the joys of sisterhood.</p>

• The Past Still Breathes: A Memoir of Survival, Reinvention & Global Adventure, (Paperback)
• Author: Kirstyn L Lewis
• ISBN: 9781764540513
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-21
• Page Count: 336