ABOUT "Shattered Compass"
Lenore Greiner's memoir of loss, escape and renewal.
The reviews are in!
Praise for “Shattered Compass: A Memoir of Loss, Escape, and Renewal.”
“Lenore Greiner leads us along a path of transcendence as she chronicles her journey from innocence to disillusionment and finally to healing. This beautifully written memoir is a must-read!”
—Leslie Ferguson, Award-winning Author of When I Was Her Daughter
“Shattered Compass is both a coming-of-age story and a journey of redemption. On journeys far, wide, and within, she finds solace and arrives at peace. Her success provides hope for us all.”
—Larry Habegger, Executive Editor, Travelers’ Tales
“In this bittersweet and deeply felt memoir, the heroine careens into womanhood, buffeted and victimized but also charmed and challenged, as she explores the Italian territory of her heritage. Finally, we join her decades later in Italy again, fighting to make peace with history and memory.”
—Christopher Reynolds, Travel Writer, Los Angeles Times
All About “Shattered Compass: A Memoir of Loss, Escape and Renewal”
What if the adventure of a lifetime, living in Italy, shattered your world forever?
At 19, Lenore Greiner embarks as a student to Perugia, Italy, dreaming of adventure and discovery. Immersed in the town’s ancient beauty, she soon confronts unimaginable trauma, which changes her life forever. Lenore’s path through adulthood becomes one of resilience and transformation.
From a Catholic schoolgirl to an ambitious student, a grieving daughter to a cancer-fighting warrior, Lenore navigates life’s tumultuous waters with unwavering strength. Her healing journey takes her across the globe, where she finds guidance from a Mayan curandera, and wisdom at a Spanish fire festival. Each encounter helps her piece together a shattered past.
Her rich, spiritual encounters and hard-fought wisdom are the very compasses guiding her back to Perugia to confront her haunting memories. Will she find the courage to face her deepest fears and heal the ghost of the girl she once was?
Coming soon this June from Acorn Publishing!
LENORE GREINER TRAVEL WRITER/AUTHOR
Discover the story behind Lenore Greiner—award-winning travel writer, memoirist, and author of Shattered Compass: A Memoir of Loss, Escape, and Renewal.
She grew up across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, CA with wanderlust in her DNA. At nineteen, she moved to Italy to study at university; that’s where the seeds of her memoir were sown.
In Shattered Compass, readers will explore her journey on her , and passion for storytelling through travel and personal transformation.
Winner of eight Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, Lenore’s work has been published in New York Times Travel, Delta Sky magazine, Traveler Tales’ Tales To Go, Fodor’s guidebooks, Air New Zealand’s Pacific Way, WorldHum.com & newspapers across the country. <any anthologies have published her travel narratives and memoir pieces. Today, she’s proud to complete her story in Shattered Compass.
