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A MOVEMENT OF GRACE: My Soundtrack of Liberation and the Role of Music Today (Amazon, 2024) offers new insight and perspectives into Purdie’s original piece, Validation Denied, Grace Bestowed: somewhere between the ghetto and God was something called foster care...(2004). 

         A MOVEMENT OF GRACE  is a music memoir about how the art form helped Purdie cope with life in foster care as a young teen, college student, and young adult woman who learns to forgive her past and love herself, despite her own shortcomings and the curveballs of life in general. Written during the most recent pandemic, Quelyn blends her story with intentional and careful placement of some of her favorite songs (titles) produced by many of today's iconic musicians, to punctuate the healing power of music in her young life, and during the pandemic, and the vital role of the art form today. 

          A MOVEMENT OF GRACE: My Soundtrack of Liberation and the Role of Music Today is a story of grit, resilience, soul, and gratitude, laced with humor and love.  AMG intends to elevate hope and inspire a more respectful and passionate appreciation for the vital role of music in today’s world.  Music is an essential expression that electrifies our nervous system and nurses us back to sanity.  Music is a movement of Grace.

        Quelyn opens her story with a melodious invocation song (title) by a world-renowned pop artist (p. v), and ends with an invitation by a world-renowned gospel musician to celebrate the very life force - God - that got us still here, still breathing! (p. 186).

A MOVEMENT OF GRACE is human-authored, meaning my story flowed

from my heart, brain, and fingers that tap-danced all over the keyboard

of my computer, to bring you a professional, yet creative, bold,

and an authentic story imbued with the music that helped me cope and dream!

  -Quelyn

IG: Pen2paypuh 

TIKTOK:  https://www.tiktok.com/@mysoundtrackofliberation

AMAZON:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2YT6G11

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Forthcoming 2027...

ALIVE! How I Give Myself A Chance Every Day

ALIVE! is a contemplative work where I share effective ways to FREE myself from deep-seated, ingrained narratives that affected personal identity and behavioral patterns that limited progress in life.

I strengthened my connection to God within.  I have become more patient with myself - betting on myself every day.  I am more joyful and enthusiastic about life, and I remain grateful for the journey!

I believe ALIVE! How I Give Myself A Chance Every Day will help you do the same.  Check out snippets of ALIVE! on TikTok @rainbowd2ubled, The Double Rainbow: Well-being Magnified Through Thought, Light and Courage.

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