Caribbean & Diaspora Storytelling
The Shift Series · Book Three · Nonfiction Anthology
Shift On
by Nikki Woods
Twenty stories of turning trials into triumph.
The third Shift collection is about the change nobody chooses. Twenty writers go back to their hardest seasons and show what they did with them, so that someone else facing the same thing has a way through.
Where Shift asked for courage and Shift Happens asked for honesty, Shift On asks what comes after the trial. These are stories of the turn itself: the point where hardship became something useful.
Written for anyone standing at the edge of a change they did not ask for.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Shift On about?
Twenty true stories of turning trials into triumph: what people did with their hardest seasons once they were in them.
Who is Shift On for?
Anyone standing at the edge of a change they did not ask for, and anyone who wants proof that the other side of it exists.
How is Shift On different from the earlier books?
Shift is about finding the courage to rise above the impossible. Shift Happens is about releasing hard truths on love, faith and mental health. Shift On is about the trial itself and how twenty writers turned it into triumph.
Do I need to read the other Shift books first?
No. Shift On stands on its own.
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