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Adopted at birth, Andrea Ross grew up inhabiting two ecosystems: one was her tangible, adoptive family, the other her birth family, whose mysterious landscape was hidden from her. In this coming-of-age memoir, Ross narrates how in her early twenties, while working as a ranger in Grand Canyon National Park, she embarked on a journey to discover where she came from and, ultimately, who she was. After many missteps and dead ends, Ross uncovered her heartbreaking and inspiring origin story and began navigating the complicated turns of reuniting with her birth parents and their new families. Through backcountry travel in the American West, she also came to understand her place in the world, realizing that her true identity lay not in a choice between adopted or biological parents, but in an expansion of the concept of family.
Contents
Part One
Chapter 1: Earthquake
Chapter 2: Inflamed
Chapter 3: Non-Identified
Chapter 4: Slapped
Chapter 5: "Lady Ranger" at the Canyon
Part Two
Chapter 6: Ruins and Ladders
Chapter 7: Crumbling Steps
Chapter 8: Double Vision
Chapter 9: White Courtesy Telephone
Chapter 10: Dancing in Quicksand
Chapter 11: Participate in Your Own Rescue
Chapter 12: Empty Shoes
Chapter 13: Post-holing
Chapter 14: Facts and Artifacts
Chapter 15: Intermediary
Part Three
Chapter 16: First Words
Chapter 17: The Navel of the World
Chapter 18: The Here and Now
Chapter 19: Half Sister
Chapter 20: Effects of the Edge
Chapter 21: Front Range
