A great resource for our new age of genealogy, ancestry, and understanding of generational trauma.

The author speaks from her own experience, research, and insights to provide encouragement for people as they come to grips with their heritage. She explores how to seek to understand the stories we have been told about ourselves and our immediate ancestors, how we can see ourselves as part of the story of others and the people of God; genetics and how we are to understand our genetic conditions; the presence of trauma in one's own story and epigenetically and how we can live with it; dwelling in and considering that which is left untold in our genealogical considerations; the various blessings and challenges that attend to adoption; considering how our ancestors' race, religion, etc. shaped their experience and life; and finally, how we can make sense of our lives today in light of the stories we've inherited from those who have come before us.

This is an important resource for people who are grappling with what they have learned and are learning about themselves and their family story. Very relevant and informative.

**--galley received as part of early review program ( )