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Borrowed Roots: The Quiet Crisis of Identity, Belonging, and Imagined Ancestry

Borrowed Roots: The Quiet Crisis of Identity, Belonging, and Imagined Ancestry


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BORROWED ROOTS The Quiet Crisis of Identity, Belonging, and Imagined Ancestry What happens when the story you believed about yourself... turns out not to be true? In Borrowed Roots, Dan Cain unpacks the ache that drives so many to claim identities not born of DNA, but of desire-the longing to belong, to feel special, to escape the loneliness of feeling unplaced. From adopted myths to ancestral fabrications, from cultural cosplay to unconscious denial, this book explores the emotional weight of imagined identity-and the quiet devastation that follows when truth interrupts illusion. But this isn't just a confrontation. It's a compassionate excavation. Inside these pages, you'll uncover: Why we romanticize ancestry to outrun ordinariness How emotional inheritance can feel more real than blood What to do when your "truth" unravels How to return to yourself without shame, even after self-deception Why healing can't happen without honest belonging Whether your roots are real, imagined, unknown, or tangled-this book is for the one searching for where they truly come from. Not just culturally. But spiritually, emotionally, and eternally. At the end of this book, you'll find the Reader's Reflection Journal - Companion to Borrowed Roots. A guided space for truth-telling, reckoning, and spiritual alignment... Because real belonging begins when we stop pretending.


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  • ISBN-13: 9798290870724
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 100
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Quiet Crisis of Identity, Belonging, and Imagined Ancestry
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8290870728
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jul 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 304 gr


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