Every ‘I’m fine’ was a lie I learned to survive

Black Ink: Ink-Stained Truths from a Bared Soul is a stunning book of healing poetry for women that combines raw emotion with true stories. It is aimed for trauma survivors, adoptees, and anybody looking for solace, progress, and emotional truth via creative expression and vulnerability.

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BETH RYDER

Some scars are invisible, but they still scream when touched..

Black Ink is a powerful collection of honest poems and short stories. Reading it feels like hearing a friend share her deepest truths—while discovering your own strength along the way.

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Beth Ryder is a mother, wife, survivor, and storyteller.

She lives in the quiet hills of Virginia with her husband, Mike. She is the proud mom of her greatest joy: her son, James. A graduate of Radford University, Beth grew up in Cloverdale, Virginia, with her parents and two sisters.

Adopted as an infant and reunited with her birth family in 2016, Beth’s life has been shaped by the search for identity, truth, and belonging. Her writing is both refuge and reclamation—a space where vulnerability becomes strength and every wound finds a voice. Through poetry and prose, she explores motherhood, trauma, resilience, and the healing power of self-discovery.

Beth’s words are an offering to anyone who has ever felt unseen, uprooted, or unheard. Her story is a testament to the beauty that can grow from brokenness and the courage it takes to find your way home.

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BETH RYDER

Healing didn’t start with a doctor. It started the moment I told my story.

Black Ink: Ink-Stained Truths from a Bared Soul is rare trauma healing books for women that speaks straight from the heart. Through a bold mix of poetry and short stories, Beth Ryder gives voice to pain, resilience, and healing. This collection stands among today’s most powerful poetry books, holding space for raw emotions without judgment. It’s deeply resonant for anyone seeking books for survivors of abuse or an honest adoption trauma memoir. Beth writes from lived experience, offering comfort, truth, and validation. Black Ink is not about fixing pain; it’s about witnessing it, surviving it, and learning to grow beyond it. A true example of healing through storytelling, this book embraces both darkness and light.

What my Readers say

Absolutely moving. Words of raw emotion express vulnerability, honesty and resiliency. The author paints vivid depictions thru her lines and words. The writing is powerful and honest.

Beth’s collection of poems and short stories offers a deeply memorable reading experience. Her raw, unguarded voice draws the reader into a space where every emotion is welcomed. More than just storytelling, this collection creates a moment of healing, inviting openness, compassion, and validation for those carrying trauma. Within these pages lies a haven of peace, a gentle refuge where sorrow is acknowledged and the heart can slowly let go.

BETH RYDER

Even in the darkest ink, there’s light between the lines.

Black Ink symbolizes the permanent mark that pain, and healing, leaves on us. This free verse poetry on trauma is for those seeking truth, reflection, and strength. If you’ve lived through it or support others through women’s trauma recovery books and poetry for survivors, read this. Let the ink speak your truth.

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