Soul Food for the BrokenHearted

SOUL FOOD FOR THE BROKENHEARTED
A Collection of Poems & Prose by Yema Chaemie

For women who have loved too hard, fought too long, and still believe in magic—a feast of stories that bite back.
For everyone who has ever loved, lost, and licked their wounds by the light of the moon.

In Soul Food for the Brokenhearted, Yema Chaemie serves up a feast of raw, radiant, and riotous tales that blend everyday horrors with fantasy and science fiction. Written over a decade of heartbreak and healing, this collection is a testament to resilience. Healing isn’t linear and there is power in reclaiming one’s narrative. Come along as Yema explores the most terrifying reality of all: self-discovery. This is not a book. It’s a transformation.

Organized into three movements, the collection invites you to:

1. Feast on verses that trace the arc from breaking to becoming
2. Devour bite-sized stories and a haunting centrepiece that lingers like smoke
3. Savour a glimpse into her debut novel, Sol Invictus

A must read for fans of N.K. Jemisin’s mythic world-building, Warsan Shire’s lyrical vulnerability, Octavia Butler’s unflinching vision, Akwaeke Emezi’s poetic ferocity, and Tomi Adeyemi’s cinematic storytelling—here burns a new voice that belongs on your shelf.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
Themes of trauma and depictions of violence.

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