In Whispers Knows Best, 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 is a multigenerational story of heartbreak, horror, trauma, abuse—and perseverance. At the center are Anna, born in New York in 1959, and her mother, Ann, a Hungarian woman who immigrated to the US in 1957.
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.
After Anna was born, Mother Ann shared the atrocities she’d endured by physically beating them into her daughter. Ann swore to make her child “pay for all the wrongs done to me in life,” while Anna promised to “grow up and never be like my mother.”
Miraculously, at five months old, baby Anna found enduring salvation through an omniscient connection, All Knowing. Yet, Anna craved a human saint to save her. But who? And where would they come from?
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Award‑winning author Nancy Heart is the creator of the acclaimed Whispers series, including Whispers Knows Best, Whispers Sinners and Saints, and Whispers Shadows and Saints.
A finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, her work has been praised with honors, with a 4.9/5 IndieReader rating and the 5/5 star Readers’ Favorite medallion. She has appeared on podcasts, including Rockstar Diaries, as a spiritual author, motivational speaker, and master storyteller.
A global traveler and spiritual seeker, she has journeyed across six of the seven continents, and her love of diverse cultures sharpens her eye for the rich, complex characters she brings to life. Nancy’s lifelong clairvoyant and clairaudient gifts, guided by the “whispers” she hears in her right ear, inspire her to help readers acknowledge the gentle tap on the shoulder before the piano falls on their heads.
In her spare time, when she’s not writing alongside her beloved dogs, Cookie Cake and Gypsy‑Z, she practices Reiki as a master and enjoys urban hiking, meditation, and time with friends and family.
Nancy’s recipe for happiness is to share ideas and deep thoughts and avoid wasting time in superficial conversations and gossip. She has traveled six out of the seven continents. Having grown up in Manhattan and South Florida, she is a xenophile—preferring exposure to various cultures of the world over sand and sun. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Miami, studied Art Appreciation in Europe, attended the Fashion Institute of Technology, studied Kabbalah and Buddhism, and traveled the perimeters of the United States.
Nancy’s philosophy is: “One who laughs loudest, masters pain the best.” Pain offers the opportunity to discover one’s true self and greatest strengths.
Nancy now lives in Colorado. She is an ambivert, and when not writing with her Maltese-poodle “Cookie-Cake” by her side, she enjoys urban hikes, mahjong, scrabble, reiki as a master, and meditation. Above all else, Nancy appreciates quality time with friends and her adult children.
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