From the Roots explores one woman's decision to find grace,
hilarity, and ultimately joy, in the worst of circumstances. As a
result of surviving childhood bone cancer twice, Marsha endures
long-term side effects that include the amputation of her lower
left leg, the loss of her bladder and kidneys, congestive heart
failure, a kidney transplant, and scars galore. A rebel to the
core, her defiance in the face of disease, doctors, establishment,
insincere people, and anyone who would steal her joy or life force
offers moments of profound depth and humor. In nearly every
chapter, Marsha has her dukes up, ready to fight for her spirit.
Rather than another tell all about a "girl who is sick and mad
about it," this book seeks real resolution and most importantly
spiritual meaning to the overwhelming losses she is describing. The
book is arranged in experimental triptychs, with poetry and prose
cushioning each story. The triptychs include Spirit, Story, and
Poem/Lists. The concept of three in one is woven throughout. The
book is an elegant pursuit of life purpose living with loss there
are no pat answers, preachy messages, or "magical triumphant wake
up calls." Rather, there is a steady flow of an inner knowing that
grace runs through Marsha's life. She sees it, she acknowledges it,
and she dances with it. From her early childhood diagnoses of Ewing
sarcoma (still a cancer with a high death rate) to her adventures
in her twenties traveling through Europe as an overly romantic
amputee with a urostomy pouch; her thirties and early forties spent
on dialysis as she watched other women grow careers and families;
her marriage and subsequent divorce and her hilarious chats with
God about her sex life this is an inspiring, juicy, laugh out loud,
yet elegant story. Disappointment happens to all of us. Marsha
decides that her right to joy and happiness outweighs the
perception the world places on her about her purpose and her
losses. This book is a timeless story of witnessing the unfolding
of one's spiritual petals, to see one reach unflinchingly for the
sun, despite injuries to its roots, lack of watering, or damage to
its leaves.
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