{"product_id":"i-crossed-the-ocean-for-mariel-hemingway-9798996126507","title":"I Crossed The Ocean For a Heart of Gold: A Memoir of Survival, Resilience, and Turning Trauma into Wisdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a Foreword by Mariel Hemingway\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are certain stories that stay with you long after you put the book down. Bianca's memoir is one of them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Mariel Hemingway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tender, heartfelt and wisely drawn story of sufferings and awakening.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Jack Kornfield, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Crossed the Ocean for a Heart of Gold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Memoir of Survival, Healing, and Coming Home to the Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the greatest journey of your life isn't the one across the ocean... but the one back to yourself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a family shaped by alcoholism, emotional abuse, secrecy, and generations of inherited trauma, Bianca Childs learned at an early age that survival often meant silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe became the child who watched every expression.\u003cbr\u003eWho anticipated every mood.\u003cbr\u003eWho learned to disappear so others could feel comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut somewhere beneath the fear, a quiet voice refused to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt whispered that another life was possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Crossed the Ocean for a Heart of Gold is an unforgettable memoir of resilience, transformation, and the extraordinary human capacity to heal. Beginning in Croatia during the years of post-war hardship and carrying readers across continents to America, Bianca's story unfolds through heartbreak, immigration, motherhood, devastating loss, unexpected revelations, and the lifelong search for belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary honesty and compassion, she explores how childhood shapes the nervous system, how family patterns echo through generations, and how healing begins-not by changing the past-but by changing our relationship with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not simply a memoir about surviving trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story about reclaiming your voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout breaking generational cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout discovering that even after the deepest wounds, the heart still remembers how to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from decades of meditation, self-inquiry, and work alongside many of the world's leading teachers in psychology, trauma, mindfulness, and human potential, Bianca gently reminds us that healing is rarely one dramatic moment. It is thousands of quiet choices that slowly return us to ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you have ever...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- wondered why you always felt different...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- carried invisible wounds from childhood...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- struggled to feel worthy of love...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- searched for a place where you truly belong...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...you may discover pieces of your own story in these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and profoundly moving, I Crossed the Ocean for a Heart of Gold is an invitation to believe that our beginnings do not determine our destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe cannot choose the family we are born into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe cannot rewrite the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut we can decide what we carry forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes, that choice changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance Praise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every pair of eyes has a story of tragedy and triumph... There are lessons for each of us in this love-inspired gift.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Daniel J. Siegel, MD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bianca Childs' memoir reminds us that we are not alone with our childhood wounds... It reveals the possibility of healing.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Dr. Ramani Durvasula\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This memoir will break your heart and open your eyes to the beauty of the human spirit... a story that heals, inspires, and connects us all.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Leona Paraminski\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducated - The Glass Castle - The Choice - What My Bones Know - The Myth of Normal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause healing doesn't begin when the past changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealing begins when we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Crossed the Ocean for the Heart of Gold is a powerful reminder that the most important journey we ever take is the one that leads us back to ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariel Hemingway,Bianca Childs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996126507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bridging Heaven \u0026amp; Earth Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Mariel Hemingway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998008783103,"sku":"9798996126507","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-crossed-the-ocean-for-mariel-hemingway-9798996126507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}