In Whispers Knows Best, multi-award-winning author Nancy Heart returns to the Whispers series with another book.
Whispers Knows Best is a coming‑of‑age memoir following Nancy from 13 to 23, as she develops a sense of humor out of sheer necessity—her way to survive a stormy mother–daughter bond and the ‘circus zoo of crazies’ her mother brings into their lives. Guided by Whispers, her spiritual guide, Nancy faces the heartache that comes after surviving her mother’s world of unforgettable characters, with her sharp, sometimes dark humor and an unbreakable spirit.
Miami Beach, 1970s.
A time of sunshine and soul-searching.
Disco lights and doubt.
Heartbreak and healing.
And an inner voice that whispered…
Whispers Knows Best.
This is the story of a young woman coming of age in a world of glamour and chaos, learning that the most powerful love of all is the one that leads you home to yourself.
With the ocean as her witness and spirit as her guide, she navigates the tides of life—learning, losing, and ultimately, awakening.
A true story. A timeless journey.
A light that never goes out.
In the sleazy glow of 1960s Times Square, a sensitive, clairvoyant child learns to trust the ‘Whispers’ that become her lifeline through a mother’s madness.
“A searing memoir that chronicles her coming of age as a sensitive, clairvoyant child in 1960-1970s New York City.”
In 1960s NYC, whenever Nancy’s proud Mother exclaimed, “This sleazy Times Square is my backyard!” Nancy thought, NYC stinks! For her, the bustling streets reeked of loneliness and fear, streets she’d been forced to navigate independently since age three.
At twelve, Nancy dreaded walking herself to the streetwalkers’ corner on Forty-Ninth and Broadway to catch her early morning, crosstown city bus to school. She loathed passing XXX marquis, peepshow windows, and the street people still out in those predawn hours: scantily clad females selling their bodies, horny Johns, sicko pimps, ungodly heroin walkers, and the homeless. All proof that the Big Apple’s rotten!
Other than school or time with her grandmother, Nancy found no salvation. Especially not at home, where she faced the dangerous, dark shadows twisting her mother’s mind. Increasingly alone to face the “Monster in Mother,” Nancy connected to her deepest inner self and embraced her all-knowing, omniscient Whispers, who warned of upcoming dangers and offered wisdom.
With Nancy’s perpetual challenge of just wanting to be a kid, Whispers was Nancy’s enchanting antidote in finding hope, faith, and her unbreakable human spirit while surviving her hellish world.
Whispers: Sinners and Saints carries its own deep intensity. It is written for readers who have done their inner work, who feel grounded in their lives, and who can compassionately hold space for the raw struggles of a young child who survived by the grace of her omniscient companion, whom she named “Whispers.”
Raw and gripping, Whispers, Sinners, and Saints is a multigenerational story of heartbreak, horror, trauma, abuse—and perseverance.
Ann was twelve when the Nazis ordered the slum where she’d grown up to be the designated ghetto for all Jews. During that year, most of Ann’s family would disappear or be killed. Her means of survival became the streets, where she removed clothing from corpses and snatched items left behind by those taken to concentration camps. Young Ann witnessed murders, torture, and persecution.
In 1957, Ann immigrated to the United States. Two years later, her daughter Anna was born in New York, and Ann began passing on what she had suffered the only way she knew how: with her fists. She swore to make her child “pay for all the wrongs done to me in life.” Anna made a promise of her own: to “grow up and never be like my mother.”
When Anna was only five months old, something miraculous happened. She found a lasting refuge in an all-knowing presence she would one day call Whispers. Yet Anna still longed for a human saint to rescue her.
Would anyone ever come for her? Or was the only saint she needed already whispering in her ear?
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Multi-Award-Winning author Nancy Heart writes spiritual memoir with honesty, heart, and hope. Her book Whispers, Shadows, and Saints is a double award winner in The BookFest Awards (Fall 2026) earning Third Place in both Memoirs-Personal and Memoirs-Transformational. This book is also a National INDIE Excellence Awards Finalist in the Relationships category and earned national praise with a 4.9/5 IndieReader Rating and international recognition with a 5/5 Readers’ Favorite 5 Stars Medallion.
Her latest book: Whispers Knows Best has also been honored with the Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Medallion.
Her Whispers Series continues to earn recognition and is currently being considered for additional national and international book awards. National INDIE Excellence Awards Speaker Bureau. She has appeared on numerous podcasts, where she has been recognized as a spiritual author, motivational speaker, and master storyteller.
Since childhood, Nancy has been guided by Whispers, the voice in her right ear. A lifelong clairvoyant and clairaudient, she encourages readers to see life’s challenges not as obstacles but as gentle taps on the shoulder meant to spark growth. As she often humorously says, “It’s better to listen to the tap on the shoulder than to feel the piano fall on your head.”
Nancy was raised amid the vibrant chaos of Manhattan, later drawn to the calmer rhythms of South Florida, and is now inspired by the landscapes of Colorado. She brings a lifetime of exploration to her work. She studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, earned a psychology degree from the University of Miami, and continued her studies across Europe, along with deep exploration of Kabbalah and Buddhism.
Having traveled to six of the seven continents, she lives by a simple mission: to trade superficiality for soul-level truths. Her guiding philosophies include:
The Whispers Series begins with the award-winning Whispers, Shadows, and Saints, followed by Whispers Knows Best and Whispers, Sinners, and Saints. While this is the recommended reading order, each book stands alone and can be read in any order.
A certified Reiki Master, Nancy lives in Colorado. When she is not writing alongside her beloved dogs, Cookie Cake (Maltese- poodle) and Gyp-Z (Havanese-Yorkie), she enjoys urban hikes, mahjong, Scrabble, meditation, and quality time with friends and her adult children.
When Anna was only five months old, something miraculous happened. She found a lasting refuge in an all-knowing presence she called All Knowing, a presence she would one day call Whispers. Yet Anna still longed for a human saint to rescue her.
Would anyone ever come for her? Or was the only saint she needed already whispering in her ear?
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