Out of the Ashes
Andrews McMeel Publishing · Print & ebook · August 5, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- A poetry collection that follows healing from devastation toward resilience, one hard-won stage at a time.
- Themes
- Resilience and survival, Healing, New beginnings
- Genres
- Inspirational Poetry, LGBTQ+ Poetry, Poetry About Death
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This personal, engaging new collection from best-selling poet Courtney Peppernell illuminates a powerful journey of resilience and survival. “When life feels as though it has been burned to the ground, reduced to piles of ash, there is always someone to remind us that life begins again, no matter how hard we fall or how disastrous the crash.” This is the story of how you rose from the ashes—where every ending is a new beginning.
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The final installment in a long journey of healing is the fieriest of them all. Courtney Peppernell’s Out of the Ashes offers a roadmap for readers seeking to emerge from devastation. Divided into seven sections—The Destruction, The End, The Quiet, The Wrath, The Transformation, The Arising, The Resurgence—this powerful poetry collection masterfully illuminates a journey of resilience and survival after your life has been burned to the ground. An inspiration for anyone finding their own resilience, it traces the process of rising again.
After the Fall
A poetry collection that follows healing from devastation toward resilience, one hard-won stage at a time.
Come here for
- Poetry moving through destruction, quiet, wrath, and resurgence
- A candid reflection on resilience after devastation
Expect
- Seven sections tracing a passage from endings toward renewal
- A collection centered on healing and survival
Where it sits
| LGBTQ+ Poetry | 87% |
|---|---|
| Poetry About Death | 55% |
| Inspirational Poetry | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Australian & Pacific Poetry
- LGBTQ+ Poetry
- Poetry About Death
- Women Poets
- Authors
- Courtney Peppernell
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Published
- August 5, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Resilience and survival · Healing · New beginnings
- Reading lane
- Australian & Pacific Poetry