| Daveda Gruber shares with us how although bruised | | | | Teaching others how to endure |
| in life she was not beaten. These bruises became | | | | Each poem has a story to tell |
| learning tool for her to share with others how they | | | | Now you can read and know of Daveda's scars |
| can become stepping stones. So please have your | | | | "Bruised But not Beaten" |
| tissues handy as you go from poem to poem reading | | | | Even Angels Cry she writes |
| her story. | | | | Lost Reality Shares all |
| Bruised But Not Beaten (Acrostic/Hotan/Book | | | | Did You Know |
| Review) | | | | Instead I just Cried |
| Bruises shown in each poem | | | | Provoking |
| Reality hits your heart | | | | No Remorse I read |
| Understanding of her pain | | | | Daveda Leaving Footprints |
| Inner courage for life storms | | | | In her twelth book |
| Searching for answers within | | | | **Bold print in above is poem titles you will find in this |
| Endurance being mom and wife | | | | book. I recommend it to all readers. |
| Dynamite poems flows from the heart | | | | When this book arrived in the mail and I began to |
| Battered but did not stay down | | | | read it I could not put it down. The poems had me |
| Uses poems to find healing | | | | captivated from the start. Daveda shares with us |
| Touching lyrics within the book | | | | some of her hardships of being a wife and mom. Her |
| Nurturing poetry from the start | | | | fears are seen here in being in an abusive and |
| Outstanding truth within the lines | | | | controlling relationship. She also shares with us first |
| Tissues needed to wipe the eyes | | | | hand of the agony and torment of losing loved one. |
| Bloody tears as she tells her story | | | | A sister she lost and to this day her body has not |
| Etched in the heart over the years | | | | been found. The death of a daughter..and so much |
| Allowing the reader to feel her fears | | | | more..There is healing in the pages of this book. |