Award-Winning Debut Memoir

Lost in the desert.
Found in herself.

A pregnant woman, alone in the Arizona desert, about to deliver her own child. Lies of the Magpie is Maleah Day Warner's page-turning true story of motherhood, postpartum depression, and the long walk back to identity.

Maleah Warner holding her book, Lies of the Magpie
The Story

Every mother has felt this way at least once.

Maleah believed that being a stay-at-home mom made her less than the successful women around her.

A high-risk pregnancy strands her alone in the Arizona desert, in labor, with no one to help her.

What follows is a raw, often funny fight to heal from postpartum depression — without medication.

Her search to save her body, her marriage, and her family leads somewhere she never expected.

Recognized by International Book Award Finalist Author Elite Top Ten Finalist #1 Amazon Best Seller · Motherhood
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About Maleah

Mothering resources, told the honest way.

Maleah loves mothering and writing, and spends most of her time trying to merge the two. She's an advocate for maternal mental health, especially the diagnosis and treatment of postpartum depression. Find Lies of the Magpie on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Audible.