This book is a collection of fifty bittersweet lessons that Umm Zakiyyah learned the hard way on her journey of life and love. She says, "These are lessons that I often had to learn and re-learn over and over-even after Allah had already gifted me with soul-nourishing, blessed solitude in my life." In this book, the "quiet part" includes personal truths she learned from two emotions that Muslim women are often shamed away from: joy and rage. She says, "Most of these truths were gleaned from lessons that 'the fire of experience' taught me-most especially after I chose to walk away from unhealthy relationships and circumstances that were no longer beneficial for my life or nourishing to my soul." Umm Zakiyyah is the bestselling author of the novels If I Should Speak trilogy, Muslim Girl, and His Other Wife; and the self-help book for religious survivors of abuse Reverencing the Wombs That Broke You. She writes about the interfaith struggles of Muslims and Christians and the intercultural, spiritual, and moral struggles of Muslims in America. Her work has earned praise from writers, professors, and filmmakers and has been translated into multiple languages.
