Waiting for Dawn
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In Waiting for Dawn, bestselling author Marisa Renee Lee...
In Waiting for Dawn, bestselling author Marisa Renee Lee reveals how to prioritize and care for yourself when change you don’t want is thrust upon you. Lee guides you through the hard times that arise unexpectedly and disrupt your life for in-determinate periods. Uncertainty and fear impact how you interact with the world and understand your place in it. You manage the loneliness and isolation by convincing others that you are fine. Lee debunks the idea that you must force positivity and, instead, helps you learn how to hold compassion for yourself in hard times.
Through rich, revelatory prose, Lee assists you in navigating life’s unstable and overwhelming moments. Using research and her personal experiences, she argues that self-preservation is necessary when life is at its worst. If you are experiencing pain, chronic stress, or loneliness or are burdened with self-doubt, Waiting for Dawn brings you from a place of instability to hope.
Lee shares her two-year journey battling loss and illness—the death of her mother-in-law, ongoing sickness, and the emotional challenges she endured—that taught her that healing is about finding your own unique way through the darkness. Waiting for Dawn provides a compass to help you rediscover your worth and identify how to live well. These dark periods are necessary for things to grow and transform, but it never stays dark forever.
Published By Legacy Lit
Format Paperback
Category
- Self-Help & Relationships
- Creativity & Motivation
- Health & Wellness
- Self-Help
- Biography & Memoir
- General/Other
Number Of Pages 240
Publication Date 04/07/2026
ISBN 9781538783535
Dimensions 5.5 inches x 8.25 inches
"Waiting for Dawn is nothing short of a miracle and just what we need right now in our current moment. When times seem to drag us into a grey mist that we don’t know how to navigate out of, her words push us to find our own paths forward into a clear understanding of what we need to feel better and more at ease."
—Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"In Waiting for Dawn, Marisa Renee Lee calls from the depths of her own uncertainty to all the rest of us, who at one time or another must tolerate doubt, apprehension, and fear of the unknown. Her story is useful not because she claims to be finished, but because she stays in the center of not knowing and examines it, tolerates it, and shows us how to relax within it. Waiting for Dawn is a comforting and encouraging companion for anyone living in uncertain times."—Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of Beyond Anxiety and The Way of Integrity
"Waiting for Dawn is a remedy for living with uncertainty. In these pages, hope flourishes."—Tembi Locke, New York Times bestselling author of From Scratch
"Marisa Renee Lee has crafted a fresh way into "care" in Waiting for Dawn. Lee is as comfortable, and as dynamic, writing through experiences of heart-exploding loss as she is writing about heart-exploding love. The result is a book that teaches something new of life before, during, and "after" COVID. Brilliant, courageous work.—Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy
"Anyone will benefit from reading this amazing book! I found myself instantly uplifted by Marisa’s wisdom and beautiful prose."
—Emily Oster, New York Times Bestselling author of Expecting Better
"A wonderful and healing experience. I laughed and cried a bit more than I thought I would, but felt reassured and comforted by her sage advice and measured approach to dealing with life’s constant battles. She reminds you that the toughest times can be the life-changing in the best ways as well."
—Reshma Saujani, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Who Code and Brave, Not Perfect
"Through wisdom that has been hard-earned and often painful, Marisa offers a beautiful guide to healing and hope, leading readers out of the dark with the light of her typical love and compassion."—Willie Geist, host of NBC’s Sunday TODAY and MSNBC’s Morning Joe