WHY DID IT HAPPEN TO ME?
A Memoir of Survival, Strength & Resilience
Releasing 28 October 2026
Everything led back to the same question
A Memoir of Survival, Strength & Resilience
Everything led back to the same question.
From the streets of India to a new life in Australia, Why Did It Happen To Me? is Shavina Hill’s deeply personal story of childhood, survival, loss, identity and resilience.
A journey through the experiences that shaped her, the questions that followed her, and the strength it took to keep moving forward.
Release Date: 28 October 2026
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Releasing 28 October 2026
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Releasing 28 October 2026
MEET THE AUTHOR
From survival to purpose.
Shavina Hill is an author, mother and founder of Street Born Foundation – India. Her writing is shaped by a life of survival, resilience and the search for identity — and by a determination to turn even the most difficult experiences into something meaningful.
Through her books, Shavina shares the stories that shaped her, the questions that followed her, and the strength she discovered along the way.
Why Did It Happen to Me? is the first in a deeply personal book series exploring the experiences, people and moments that shaped Shavina's life — and the journey of understanding them years later.
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