Unnatural Selection – A Memoir of Adoption and Wilderness

Andrea Ross, Miriam Peskowitz (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2021
CavanKerry Press (Verlag)
978-1-933880-83-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Andrea Ross was once a park service ranger and wilderness guide and now teaches writing at University of California, Davis. Her work can be found in Ploughshares, Terrain, the Café Review, and on the Dirtbag Diaries Podcast. She lives in Davis, California with her husband and son.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2021
Verlagsort	Fort Lee
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 227 mm
Gewicht	342 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-933880-83-X / 193388083X
ISBN-13	978-1-933880-83-9 / 9781933880839
Zustand	Neuware