Author, Poet, Speaker
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Both Things Are True:
A Journey from Fearing Trust to Trusting Fear
Readers’ Favorite
“Janine Valentine’s Both Things Are True is a beautifully written memoir that deals with the author’s story of survival as she confronts the overpowering feeling of uncertainty and fear. Written like a diary, the author’s vivid descriptions take her readers through her struggle's daily ups and downs as she offers insights into the power of spirituality and self-reflection. This is a story that should serve as an inspiration to anyone facing a difficult situation. Janine Valentine’s memoir reveals her vulnerability compellingly so that reading her memoir feels like having an intimate conversation with a friend. Ultimately, Both Things Are True shows that growth is always possible even in the face of the most challenging circumstances. Highly recommended!”
BlueInk Review
“…this is a page turner. In clear, candid writing, Valentine delivers a beat-by-beat account of what it’s like to face a nightmarish experience that seemingly couldn’t get worse, but does. Yet, it’s also a tale of personal triumph, resilience and hope. This memoir is likely to resonate with many readers. After all, as Valentine writes, “scary, hard stuff is going to happen to all of us.”
Foreward Clarion Reviews (4 out of 5 stars)
“A heartfelt chronicle of quarantining alone in another country after testing positive for COVID-19. The prose is intimate and honest.”
Both Things Are True:
A Journey from Fearing Trust to Trusting Fear
The vacation of a lifetime ended abruptly with a positive test for Covid-19. Janine was whisked off her luxury dive boat in the Maldives, ordered into isolation, and left to fend for herself on a conservative Islamic island on the other side of the world, terrified and alone.
Though well into the pandemic, the Maldivian government had no clear plan to provide shelter, food, or medicine for tourists required to quarantine. Fighting for her own survival with a language barrier, only $38 cash, worsening symptoms, and a quickly diminishing sense of safety, Janine came face-to-face with her greatest fear: abandonment. She soon realized her many coping mechanisms, and the limiting beliefs behind them, were no longer sustainable.
Intimate conversations with the Sea while reflecting on the burka-draped women who swam in it led Janine to find her True Self and her Higher Power on that island, where she ultimately realized it’s impossible to ever really be alone.
“I do not want another person anywhere in this world to make their lives smaller because of fear.” - Janine Valentine
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Awards & Accolades for
Both Things Are True: A Journey from Fearing Trust to Trusting Fear
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2022 American BookFest Best Book Awards Finalist
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2023 Readers' Favorite Five Stars
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2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist
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2023 CIPA EVVY Bronze Award - Inspirational/Motivational
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Countries worldwide where copies of Both Things Are True have been purchased so far:
US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, France, Spain, Ecuador, Netherlands
“Perhaps the gifts and the beauty inside the fear are the point.”
-by Janine Valentine, excerpted from Both Things Are True
Where it all began…
This photo was taken when I was 14 years old at a beach in Oregon where I spent many wonderful weekends growing up. That book on my lap held my private poems and sketches. This very same journal sits on my bookshelf near my writing desk now. Clearly, being an artist and poet were part of my core design. The beach feels inextricably linked to my vulnerability and creativity. The sound of the waves centered me - and still does. It took another forty years after this photo was taken, and time sitting on another beach on the other side of the world, for me to rediscover my passion and find my voice again. It takes courage to fully express ourselves, and I had some layers of fear to work through to get here.
My writing now rises up from inside me, and it is cathartic to put the words on paper and share them with all of you. My hope is that there will be healing found there for all of us.
What readers are saying about Both Things Are True:
“The entire book was a page turner.”
“My soul felt both rattled and inspired by this book.”
“A human tale full of wisdom and vulnerability.”
“I felt her words in the cells of my body.”
“Both Things Are True is a transformation, a revelation, a road map to acceptance and presence.”
“A gorgeous journey of survival and self discovery.”
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