Waking Sleep Beauty Freak is a non-fiction inspirational tale about disillusionment, self-discovery and the universal web of pain and growth. The author – whose name is not on the cover for a few, not anonymous, reasons – is Nina Lora, a highly successful New York City professional who moved to Manhattan when she was fourteen and claims the City saved her from a life that could have wound up being a drug-dealing, sex-selling suburban disaster.

This “Girls-grown-up” style narrative addresses what happens when an ambitious hard-working, world traveling PR girl-verging-on-woman wakes up from a seven-year relationship to realize she is on the wrong life path and married to the wrong person.

The subsequent unraveling and reweaving is crafted and delivered in a clever conversational tone, usually sharing ‘just enough’ – in a fun, poetic, modern philosophical way – to hold attention while simultaneously allowing the reader’s mind to wander down its own self-reflective path.