Hope Rising
"...a moving acceptance of love as a universal continuum."
-Kirkus Reviews
Coming July 22, 2025
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"Zani’s Hope Rising is charged with emotional depth and illustrates how the miraculous “coincidences” of life can lead to connections we never knew existed, and through them, healing. With prose alternately lyrical then harshly grounded, Hope Rising will stay with you long after the last page."
-Fran G. Thomas, Jr., Author of the Silent Justice Series (Tule Publishing ).
Hope Rising is a beautifully layered story about healing, legacy and finding strength in unexpected places. Caroline Zani's writing pulls the reader in with Hope's quiet determination and the way in which her journey unfolds - with grace, grit and just the right touch of mystery . Zani captures the acute pain of the past and the promise of what is possible with tenderness and depth. If you've ever had to rebuild or learn to trust again, this story will stay with you."
-Gina Clapprood, Life Coach /Author.
“Honest, hopeful and quietly powerful, Hope Rising is a story about what it takes to trust again after trauma-and how love, time and the strength of family can slowly piece a heart back together. Set in the worl of equine therapy, it explores how the past can wound us, but doesn’t have to define us. With human, heartfelt prose that begs to be read aloud - and a twist that keeps us hooked-this novel reminds us that healing is possible, even when it feels out of reach. Even in our darkest moments, there is always hope.
With the same touching connection to nature and all things horses as Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards, this is a story that speaks to the quiet power of empathy, animals and second chances.”
-Scott Baldyga, screenwriter and author of the #1 Amazon true crime release Frozen (Vanguard Press)