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Born Falling

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Pub Date Aug 08 2025 | Archive Date Sep 25 2025


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Born Falling is a raw, poetic memoir of collapse and becoming. Through heartbreak, obsession, burnout, and brief flashes of grace, it follows one man’s search for meaning in a world that keeps slipping through his hands. Told in lyrical, unflinching prose, the story spans years of wandering and unraveling—through love, labor, and the ache for self-worth. Romantic entanglements heal and destroy. Work defines, then consumes. At its core, a single question burns: What’s left when everything else is gone?

Born Falling is a raw, poetic memoir of collapse and becoming. Through heartbreak, obsession, burnout, and brief flashes of grace, it follows one man’s search for meaning in a world that keeps...


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Falling Hard, Feeling Everything
Born Falling doesn’t just tell a story—it rips the bandage off life’s bruises and dares you to feel every raw, messy, beautiful moment right along with it.

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Born Falling is a raw and deeply human memoir that doesn’t shy away from the messy, painful, and beautiful parts of life. Through stories of heartbreak, burnout, and fleeting grace, S.C. Sanborn captures what it means to stumble, get lost, and still search for meaning. I appreciated the honesty in his storytelling—sometimes brutal, sometimes poetic—and found myself pausing to reflect on my own journey. What I enjoyed most was how Sanborn’s vulnerability made the book feel less like reading someone else’s story and more like having a conversation with a friend who isn’t afraid to tell the truth.

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Whoa—this book doesn’t just “fall,” it dives straight into the grit of being human, and I couldn’t look away! Sanborn’s voice is raw, messy, and unfiltered in the best possible way, and I felt every heartbreak, burnout, and flash of hope right along with him. It’s not polished-up perfection—it’s real, and that’s what makes it powerful. I tore through it because I wanted to know how much further he could fall and still claw his way back up. If you want a memoir that hits hard but still leaves you rooting for the author (and maybe yourself), this is it. 🙌📖🔥

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