Stacy Ross, "Searching for Slippers"

Watchung Booksellers welcomes Stacy Ross, author of Searching for Slippers.

About the book:
Fairytales can be rewritten.

When you are constantly holding your breath every time the phone rings, when you are always waiting for the other shoe to drop, when you are continually walking on eggshells... you can't help but crave for a lighter time and want for the fairytale.

In Searching for Slippers, Stacy Ross tells her story as a parent of a child with Borderline Personality Disorder. With a raw honesty rarely found in parents of children with mental illness, Stacy takes readers on a roller coaster ride of emotions and experiences on her journey to acceptance. Through it all, she has her own coming of age discovering that a life unplanned for was exactly what she needed to emerge a lighter yet stronger version of herself.

About the author:

Stacy Ross is an author, speaker/advocate, and mother of an adult with Borderline Personality Disorder. With raw honesty, Stacy tells the story of her sometimes heartbreaking, and sometimes heartwarming, 28 year journey parenting a child with mental illness. Stacy’s openness about her struggles make her both relatable and believable with listeners often recounting personal experiences for the first time. Stacy also shares coping skills and strategies she’s learned along the way leaving audiences feeling empowered, hopeful, and less isolated.

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