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X-WR-CALDESC:\nAs a Black child adopted out of the New York foster care sys
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 ad to learn how to walk in two different worlds. She often questioned “whe
 ther my skin was too dark” and if she “acted too white.” She recalls being
  haunted by feelings of shame and not being enough. Torn from the Root is 
 her illuminating story of identity\, belonging\, and purpose and lays bare
  the deep pain she felt navigating life as a vulnerable Black girl and how
  she healed herself. \n\nRhonda M. Roorda\, M.A.\, is a nationally recogni
 zed speaker\, author\, and consultant on transracial adoption whose insigh
 ts have been featured on Good Morning America and ABC News\, in People mag
 azine\, and in the Emmy Award–winning television series This Is Us. A tran
 sracial adoptee\, she is the author of the acclaimed In Their Voices: Blac
 k Americans on Transracial Adoption\, recognized as a Choice Outstanding A
 cademic Title\, and the coauthor of a groundbreaking trilogy on transracia
 l adoption. Through her writing\, research\, and speaking\, Roorda has bec
 ome a leading voice exploring identity\, belonging\, and the lifelong impa
 ct of adoption across racial and cultural boundaries. She lives in Michiga
 n with her family.
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DESCRIPTION:\nAs a Black child adopted out of the New York foster care syst
 em as a toddler and raised by white evangelical parents\, Rhonda Roorda ha
 d to learn how to walk in two different worlds. She often questioned “whet
 her my skin was too dark” and if she “acted too white.” She recalls being 
 haunted by feelings of shame and not being enough. Torn from the Root is h
 er illuminating story of identity\, belonging\, and purpose and lays bare 
 the deep pain she felt navigating life as a vulnerable Black girl and how 
 she healed herself. \n\nRhonda M. Roorda\, M.A.\, is a nationally recogniz
 ed speaker\, author\, and consultant on transracial adoption whose insight
 s have been featured on Good Morning America and ABC News\, in People maga
 zine\, and in the Emmy Award–winning television series This Is Us. A trans
 racial adoptee\, she is the author of the acclaimed In Their Voices: Black
  Americans on Transracial Adoption\, recognized as a Choice Outstanding Ac
 ademic Title\, and the coauthor of a groundbreaking trilogy on transracial
  adoption. Through her writing\, research\, and speaking\, Roorda has beco
 me a leading voice exploring identity\, belonging\, and the lifelong impac
 t of adoption across racial and cultural boundaries. She lives in Michigan
  with her family.
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SUMMARY:Torn from the Root: a Memoir of a Black Transracial Adoptee
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