{"product_id":"torn-from-the-root-a-memoir-of-a-black-transracial-adoptee-9781439927939","title":"Torn from the Root: A Memoir of a Black Transracial Adoptee","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a Black child adopted out of the New York foster care system as a toddler and raised by white evangelical parents, Rhonda Roorda had to learn how to walk in two different worlds. She often questioned \"whether my skin was too dark\" and if she \"acted too white.\" She recalls being haunted by feelings of shame and not being enough. \u003ci\u003eTorn from the Root\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoorda suffered trauma and abuse in her youth, but she also developed resilience. Eventually, she resolves to find her birth family and takes readers on her exciting and agonizing journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorn from the Root\u003c\/i\u003e thinks critically about the child welfare system and the long-term impacts of transracial adoption. Roorda helps readers understand her experience, posing necessary questions about the challenges of transracial adoption. Her emotional story, full of wisdom and reflection, recounts how she accepted the truth of her adoption and found balance, not discomfort, in her own skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhonda M. Roorda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439927939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda M. Roorda, \u003c\/b\u003e M.A., is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and consultant on transracial adoption whose insights have been featured on \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eABC News\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and in the Emmy Award-winning television series \u003ci\u003eThis Is Us\u003c\/i\u003e. A transracial adoptee, she is the author of the acclaimed In \u003ci\u003eTheir Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption\u003c\/i\u003e, recognized as a \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title, and the coauthor of a groundbreaking trilogy on transracial adoption. Through her writing, research, and speaking, Roorda has become a leading voice exploring identity, belonging, and the lifelong impact of adoption across racial and cultural boundaries. She lives in Michigan with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rhonda M. Roorda \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48752373137565,"sku":"9781439927939","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_337435dd-dae7-482f-9234-d1141880080d.jpg?v=1785922282","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/torn-from-the-root-a-memoir-of-a-black-transracial-adoptee-9781439927939","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}