Short Stack: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798275658194)

"Short Stack" is the story of a girl who grew up fighting to be heard in a world determined to misunderstand her. From childhood storms to medical mysteries, from grief that came too soon to the quiet resilience of Michigan mornings, Cassie learns to survive not by becoming harder - but by becoming herself.

Raised in chaos, dismissed by doctors, shaped by illness, girlhood, and grit, she finds her voice in the most unexpected places: in the hallways of hospitals, in the hum of Lake Michigan, in the love she wasn't sure she deserved, and in the memory of the grandmother who named her "Short Stack" long before she knew who she was becoming.

Raw, tender, and unflinchingly honest, this memoir is about the kind of strength that isn't loud - the kind you build alone in the dark and carry quietly into the light.