Love Always Wins
Surviving Bobbie Dearest

Love Always Wins • Surviving Bobbie Dearest

Tawnja Zahradka’s empowering memoir of triumph over a dark past.

A survivor’s tale of a silly little North Dakota girl’s journey of healing and redemption.

About the Author

This book is a tribute to people who have survived unspeakable things. This true story was written for all of you readers who crave a happy ending to a horror film. First time author, Tawnja Zahradka, is a survivor, director, writer, producer, actress, model, candidate for Congress, foodie, excellent shopper and former Mrs. Minnesota America. Tawnja is a happily married woman, busy raising a menagerie of adopted critters. Love Always Wins, Surviving Bobbie Dearest is not a children’s book. This book will make you laugh, bring you to tears, make you throw objects at your wall, and hopefully, erupt into thunderous applause for its very Minnesota Happy ending. Welcome to Love Always Wins.

“Love Always Wins”

When you are given the chance to say you are sorry, say you are sorry.

If you can make amends, make them.

I held off on writing this book for many years, I was afraid it would be written from a place of spite.

August 21st, 2025, was my 60th Birthday. 

I have decided, ninety percent of this book is written from a place rooted in love, leaving only the other ten percent of this book being a little bit spiteful. 

I’m good with that.

Love Always Wins, Surviving Bobbie Dearest is not a children’s book.

My book starts out pretty dark, I know. 

I promise you, it has a very Minnesota Happy ending.

Dedicated to the love of my life, sweet Paul, I am only me because of you. 

“Love, in the Words of Others”

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