Born To Rise – A Powerful Memoir of Resilience and Reinvention
What do you do when life doesn’t go as planned — when the rug keeps getting pulled out from under you and the ground beneath you feels like shifting sand?
Born To Rise is a powerful and deeply personal memoir of resilience, reinvention, and the courage to begin again. Through raw storytelling and heartfelt reflection, Lorna Blake shares her journey from abandonment, abuse, rejection, and loss to empowerment, healing, and
purpose — proving that setbacks do not have to define your future.
With honesty, wisdom, and hope, Born To Rise reminds readers that no matter how many times life knocks you down, your comeback is still possible. A story of resilience that proves rising is always possible.
Featured & Recognized
🏆 BookFest Award Winner
🏆 Book Excellence Award Winner
🏆 International Impact Book Award Winner
🏆 Finalist – International Impact Book Awards: Author of the Year
🏆 Featured in the Book Movement News To Book Clubs
🏆 Amazon #1 Bestseller in Jamaica & History of Jamaica
About the Author
Lorna Blake is an international Motivational Speaker, Author & Success Coach.
She was born to a poor teenage mom on her grandparents farm in rural Jamaica. During her early years she experienced poverty, abandonment & abuse. At age 19 she boarded a plane on her own and moved to Canada where she struggled for several years to find herself and her life’s purpose.
Her passion for helping others has led her to live and work in five different countries where she’s taught, coached and inspired thousands from many cultures and walks of life.
Her compelling story of confronting the truth of her paternity was featured in an anthology No More Chains: It’s Time For Change (2018) and a film/documentary of the same name which played in select theaters (2019).
Her memoir Born To Rise is an autobiographical account of her life and lessons learned from the school of setbacks.
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Explore More Stories and Reflections
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