Bøger af Shana Ross

For many adoptees, feeling out of place with no sense of true belonging is all too common. From the time she was a small child, Shana Ross struggled with these emotions. She felt mismatched from her family and her environment - like an outsider waiting to be let in. And then the truth came: her parents told her she was adopted. From that moment forward, Shana felt that her inner nature overruled nurture at every turn. She felt isolated and alone. Tribeless is Shana's account of her tumultuous upbringing by parents who never understood the biracial child they adopted from an agency in 1950s Texas. She shares the pivotal events that finally pushed her to challenge the Texas court system in 1994 to unseal her closed birth records and begin a two-year search for her birth mother that ended in heartbreaking failure. Her quest gained new hope with the advent of online DNA testing that led to the discovery of her accepting tribe twenty-two years after her search first began. Tribeless: Discovering the Truth about Nature vs. Nurture as One Woman Finds Her Birth Mother is a guiding memoir for adoptees who have craved a family that truly understood them - for those who have been waiting for their true tribe.

This collection brings with it a lot of introspection, encouraging speculation in the small details around us; Perhaps, this work seems to say, it is important to take in the world around us whilte we gather our scattered thoughts. Perhaps this grounds us, so that we do not lose ourself to the fog of existentialism whilst trying to do the dishes. Thought-provoking and often very visceral. A valuable read for those who like to reflect on daily life.-Angelica Fyfe, editor at Luna Station Quarterly, administrator of the Chronic Pain CommunityHeavy Little Things is a deftly written collection of observations from within family life that weaves a rich tapestry from the complex details of domesticity. Shana Ross handles parenthood, grief, and love with a keen eye and sensitivity that makes each line resonate with deep connection.-Jennifer Lyn Parsons, Founder and Editor of Luna Station Quarterly and author of Take On MeIn Heavy Little Things, Shana Ross brings us to "the place in our lives where our ghosts have names" and our children strip unabashedly in the yard. At once poet and philosopher, Ross sciences us into "moving parts/magic lanterns" as she asks our bodies to consider what it was to collect ice in the early morning dark-what it might be-to strain like basement rhubarb: breaking, but always toward the light.-Sherre Vernon, author of Green Ink Wings and The Name is Perilous