{"product_id":"borrowed-roots-dan-cain-9798290870724","title":"Borrowed Roots: The Quiet Crisis of Identity, Belonging, and Imagined Ancestry","description":"\u003cp\u003eBORROWED ROOTS\u003cbr\u003eThe Quiet Crisis of Identity, Belonging, and Imagined Ancestry\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when the story you believed about yourself... turns out not to be true?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't just a confrontation. It's a compassionate excavation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, you'll uncover: \u003cbr\u003eWhy we romanticize ancestry to outrun ordinariness\u003cbr\u003eHow emotional inheritance can feel more real than blood\u003cbr\u003eWhat to do when your \"truth\" unravels\u003cbr\u003eHow to return to yourself without shame, even after self-deception\u003cbr\u003eWhy healing can't happen without honest belonging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of this book, you'll find the Reader's Reflection Journal - Companion to Borrowed Roots.\u003cbr\u003eA guided space for truth-telling, reckoning, and spiritual alignment...\u003cbr\u003eBecause real belonging begins when we stop pretending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Cain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798290870724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.21d","brand":"Dan Cain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169883300095,"sku":"9798290870724","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/borrowed-roots-dan-cain-9798290870724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}