{"product_id":"rootlines-a-memoir-9781631527531","title":"Rootlines: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rikki West\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRikki and her sister, Linda, fell out with one another four months ago. \u003cbr\u003eThey are not speaking when Linda emails that she has lethal abdominal \u003cbr\u003etumors, that her only hope of survival is a total bone marrow \u003cbr\u003ereplacement. Linda claims Rikki is too old to donate, and explains \u003cbr\u003ethere's only a slight chance she is a good match anyway--but Rikki \u003cbr\u003erefuses to accept that. Despite the wounding between them, Linda's email\u003cbr\u003e ignites a wild aspiration in her sister: she will become the perfect \u003cbr\u003edonor, the perfect match, with the healthiest, most vigorous cells \u003cbr\u003epossible. She rises with intent to heal herself, her sister, and their \u003cbr\u003erootlines, the patterns formed in their family of origin that have \u003cbr\u003equietly shaped their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRikki walks through the science while confronting dogma that limits how \u003cbr\u003emind can transform body. She builds herself into a stem cell factory \u003cbr\u003eusing Muay Thai kickboxing and vegetarian nutrition. Working through \u003cbr\u003echildhood wounds and mental limits with meditation and yoga, she finds \u003cbr\u003eher own power, as well as ways to show up for Linda and walk with her \u003cbr\u003efrom the edge of death to a new life. Together, the two sisters beat the\u003cbr\u003e lymphoma--and, as they rediscover the intimacy and love of their \u003cbr\u003einnocent childhood, heal the intertwined roots of their family pain.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036789825687,"sku":"9781631527531","price":1286.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781631527531.webp?v=1767897526","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rootlines-a-memoir-9781631527531","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}