Women’s advocate and international best-selling author Crystal Andrus Morissette has announced the release of a new book, “Simply… Woman: Stories from 30 magnificent women who have risen against the odds”. The #MeToo movement has shaken the world, and this book arrived with perfect timing – March 8th – International Women’s Day.

Thirty women from around the globe – some as far as Liberia, Africa and Palestine – were hand- selected to shed light on different aspects of abuse, grief, abandonment, illness, racism, and death. These stories are gripping, raw, and honest. This is ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ taken to a whole new, much-needed level. Bestselling author, Colette Baron-Reid calls it, “Powerful beyond measure … a must-read!”

Dina Strada a resident of Valencia, CA is a powerful writer in this compilation. With over 25- years of experience in the Hollywood entertainment industry, she is a seasoned writer who is of- ten featured in magazines such as Huffington Post, Chopra, Elephant Journal, and Tiny Buddha. She shares her personal story of overcoming betrayal and heartache and learning to raise her children as a working single mom in a way that every woman can relate too.

Andrus Morissette is the author of four other international bestselling books, including ‘The Emotional Edge’, which made the Globe and Mail’s Bestseller List. Oprah.com featured her Emotional Edge quiz three times. Chapter/Coles/Indigo polled 40,000 readers to see which book most changed their life, Andrus Morissette came in at #14. A media darling, she’s been in the New York Post, the UK Daily Mail, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star, as well as CBS Radio, CanadaAM, CityTV, Global TV, and Slice TV.