{"product_id":"built-not-born-harshini-busireddy-9798235197558","title":"Built, Not Born","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome books tell you how to heal. This one shows you what it looks like to build a life while still inside the process.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilt, Not Born\u003c\/em\u003e is the memoir of Harshini Busireddy - a neurodivergent, disabled, and chronically ill survivor of childhood abuse, sexual violence, and complex PTSD. She found safety for the first time at thirty years old, after a lifetime of harm no one named.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not follow a clean arc. It is not a before-and-after story. It is arranged by inner movement, because that is how lived experience actually unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will meet Harshini in moments of acute survival, in moments of clarity inside collapse, and in moments where she is speaking directly to her body, her pets, and the world - sometimes all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat runs through every page is a single refusal: \u003cem\u003eto become what harmed her.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is for anyone who: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHas lived inside harm so long they stopped seeing it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHas been told their body is the problem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHas carried more than any one person should carry alone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeeds to see someone building safety in real time, not in retrospect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs open to seeing how often harm goes unchecked and witnessing someone building a different way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilt, Not Born\u003c\/em\u003e is not a recovery memoir. It is a record of becoming: brick by brick, scar by scar, choice by choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harshini Busireddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235197558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harshini Busireddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d","brand":"Harshini Busireddy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084268970239,"sku":"9798235197558","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/built-not-born-harshini-busireddy-9798235197558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}