It takes courage to harness the strength to create a body of work that makes one truly look at themselves in the mirror. In "52 Weeks of Passion and Pain", Anita explores the dark places within herself and lays them on the page. Just as she encourages her audience to "stretch. Face the truth. Accept it.", she lends the reader a front row seat to her own journey of doing just that. Her debut collection - part poetry, part prose - is not for the faint of heart. As the up and coming author strives to present her best and truest self to the world, her body of work is a revealing testament of struggle, suffering and survival. Whether in the form of letters to her younger self or tear-laden lines of verse, Anita's intimate narrative conveys the vital importance of accepting one's truth, but living it as well. "52 Weeks of Passion and Pain is a stellar and sobering gift by an author whose talent for the written word, and the sincerity with which she shares it, is sorely needed in todays world.