14/07/2026
We had a great morning with local author, Zoë Collins who called in with her memoir:- 'Amor Fati: An Incredible True Story Of Survival, Hope & Healing'.
AMOR FATI is a harrowing true story about survival, hope, and healing. It is the incredible testimony of Zoë Collins' fight for survival, against unthinkable odds, and the inspirational journey she took toward reclaiming her life. Written with emotional intensity and raw vulnerability, she takes readers inside the trauma that reshaped her life, and the long aftermath that followed. Zoë shares AMOR FATI as a beacon of hope and proof that, even after the darkest experiences, life can still take root again.
Aged sixteen in 1997, she was groomed and abducted by a man who held her captive for three months. Managing to escape, she turns up on her parents' front doorstep, barefoot, broken, and pregnant. After enduring experiences that no person should ever have to face, Zoë survived, but survival was only the beginning. Discouraged from seeking justice and forbidden to speak about what happened to her, what followed were years of silence, shame, and carrying all of the traumatic pain alone. Believing that speaking might cause more harm than healing, this memoir traces not just what happened to Zoë, but what it took for her to become truly free, and to finally begin living again.
It is a story for anyone who has survived something that they should never have had to endure. For trauma survivors, caregivers, and anyone navigating their own healing journey, this memoir offers comfort, understanding, and the reassurance that you are not alone in this world, and that your story matters.
2026 WINNER Independent Author Award for best Autobiography - Literary Global Book Awards.
2026 WINNER Independent Author Award for Women's Issues - Literary Global Book Awards.
Signed copies now instore or at:-
https://www.ennisbookshop.ie/p/zoe-collins-amor-fati-an-incredible-true-story-of-survival-hope-and-healing/9781919462905
Zoe Collins
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