Description

The Quiet Work of a Woman’s Heart is a collection of poems exploring the hidden labour of being a woman — the patience, the restraint, the unspoken strength, the longing for safety, and the soft faith that survives beneath it all.

Across fifty-three poems, Shameem Unnissa Begum traces the emotional journey from childhood into womanhood — through duty, love, shame, numbness, and the difficult grace of simply continuing. These poems are not loud declarations. They are quiet truths — gentle, reflective, and deeply human. The emotions here do not pass through in straight lines. They return in loops — fear, ache, tenderness, guilt, hope — circling back again and again, the way real healing does. The book does not try to fix or simplify them. It holds them with dignity.

Written in a voice that is soft but unwavering, The Quiet Work of a Woman’s Heart is for every reader who has felt unseen or carried more than they could ever say aloud. It is a reminder that survival can be quiet, strength can be gentle, and simply being here is sometimes the bravest thing a heart can do.