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""This is my memoir - a very personal story of families and fate."" The Fate We Make: Heartbreak, is the first volume of a remarkable, occasionally tragic, but ultimately redemptive coming-of-age story. From an early age, Simone Warren recognized that she was caught between her family's expectations and her need to find her own path and voice. Born into a Singaporean Chinese family and a life rooted in tradition, her story is a stunning tale of survival and an inspiring look at how we can learn to move beyond trauma to forge a path toward finding happiness. Raised in a family populated with strong women but laced with the strife of the generations that preceded her, Simone's life story reads like an inter-continental odyssey that follows her from an exceptional childhood, through her tumultuous teens and toward young womanhood - as she endeavours to make peace with a decision that she will live with forever. Recounting in beautiful detail the lives of the powerful women who shaped her family and how their stories informed her place in the world, this first instalment in a trilogy of deeply personal memoirs is an unflinching look at finding oneself in the midst of crushing expectation and unexpected tragedy. Journeying beyond survival to success. In 2022, seemingly successful as a senior director working for a global technology solutions provider, life throws Simone another curve ball - life-threatening hypertension and potential broken heart syndrome. Now she must revisit what happened when she was seventeen, re-tracing her journey through heartbreak and depression, so she can find the ghosts from her past who haunt her still.

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"""An immensely moving, inspirational and unforgettable journey of survival through heartbreak. A must-read."" Chris Riches - Daily Express ""An unflinchingly honest story of unimaginable hardship which speaks to everyone about the power of hope in not just surviving, but in succeeding."" Richard Moriarty - The Sun"

""If you only read one memoir this year, make it this one."" Female First ""A courageous and insightful memoir. Every woman should read The Fate We Make."" Global Woman Magazine (online) ""An immensely moving, inspirational and unforgettable journey of survival through heartbreak. A must-read."" Chris Riches - Daily Express ""A powerful and vividly recounted story of survival, inner strength, and success against the odds."" Female First ""Simone Warren's moving account of a harrowing life delivers a wealth of inspiration and instruction."" Global Woman Magazine (online) ""An unflinchingly honest story of unimaginable hardship which speaks to everyone about the power of hope in not just surviving, but in succeeding."" Richard Moriarty - The Sun

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Simone Warren was born in Singapore in 1969, the third generation of Straits-born Chinese who migrated from China to 'Si Lat Po', a then British colony. Simone left Singapore for Britain in 1989 to study English and Drama at Westfield College and the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London, whose illustrious alumni include Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. At university, she was President of the Creative Writing Society. Simone has worked for global organisations including Siemens, BT, Alibaba and Microsoft, where she was a senior director running a multimillion-dollar Cloud Computing business. She lives in Cambridgeshire, UK, with her husband and two grown-up children.

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