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Babette: A Love Story That Crossed Generations Available October 28, 2025

To understand my wandering heart, you have to meet Babette—my mother. Her story of love, sacrifice, and the quiet cost of giving everything for family became the foundation for every relationship lesson I'd learn across four countries.

This isn't just her story. It's the story of how one South African woman's choices rippled through generations, teaching me what love actually looks like when Instagram filters fall away.

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Coming Soon: Ghost Stories from Abroad

My ghosts didn't stay in South Africa. . . they followed me to Korea's rice fields, Russia's endless winters, and Germany's impossible bureaucracy. Find out how facing your past becomes the key to writing your future.

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Ella's storytelling transports me to places I've never been. I couldn't put the book down!

Lara K.

A collection of travel-related items arranged on a white surface, including an open journal with travel notes and a black-and-white photo of a woman with Tower Bridge in the background. There is a vintage-style camera on the left and a tin pencil case labeled 'London' with British-themed images. Several washi tapes in a variety of colors and patterns are scattered, some inside a jar and others outside.
A collection of travel-related items arranged on a white surface, including an open journal with travel notes and a black-and-white photo of a woman with Tower Bridge in the background. There is a vintage-style camera on the left and a tin pencil case labeled 'London' with British-themed images. Several washi tapes in a variety of colors and patterns are scattered, some inside a jar and others outside.

Spot on! Creative way of writing the story of how they met each other, it transports you into a young man and what he is going through in that moment.

Brand S.

A notebook with an illustration of Big Ben and the word 'London' lies open on a white surface. A vintage-style camera sits adjacent to the notebook, angled slightly towards it. On top of the notebook is a beige passport holder with the words 'Never Stop Exploring' printed on it.
A notebook with an illustration of Big Ben and the word 'London' lies open on a white surface. A vintage-style camera sits adjacent to the notebook, angled slightly towards it. On top of the notebook is a beige passport holder with the words 'Never Stop Exploring' printed on it.
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