Title: Phoenix Uprising: A Survival Guide to Thriving
Author: Danielle Holmes, MPA
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Format: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
BOOK SUMMARY (SHORT)
Phoenix Uprising is a memoir about surviving domestic violence and childhood trauma, and the long, bewildering journey that begins after leaving. It is also a roadmap, built from lived experience, for anyone navigating legal systems, housing programs, and mental health support without a guide.
BOOK SUMMARY (EXTENDED)
Danielle Holmes knows what it is to be in danger in her own home, first as a child, then again as an adult who loved someone who hurt her. When she finally left, she discovered that leaving was only the beginning. Phoenix Uprising follows her journey through domestic violence resources, legal systems, housing programs, and mental health support, often alone and without a roadmap, and traces how she turned that hard won knowledge into something she could hand to others.
The book is the centerpiece of the Phoenix Uprising Project, a platform, program, and community built on the belief that survivors carry knowledge that is genuinely rare and worth sharing.
AUTHOR BIO (100 WORDS)
Danielle knows what it is to be in danger in her own home, first as a child, then again as an adult who loved someone who hurt her. When she finally left, she discovered leaving was only the beginning of a longer, harder journey through legal systems, housing programs, and mental health support, often alone and without a roadmap. That experience became the Phoenix Uprising Project: a platform, a program, and a book built on one belief, that survivors carry knowledge that is genuinely rare and worth sharing. Today Danielle brings her lived experience and her MPA trained systems knowledge to individuals and organizations alike.
CORE THEMES
• Survival as a form of expertise, not just hardship
• Childhood trauma as the origin point of adult vulnerability
• The gap between leaving an unsafe situation and actually being safe
• Systems navigation: legal, housing, mental health, without a guide
• Turning lived experience into a resource for others
