Called âbrave and heartbreakingâ by Elle and âan extraordinary journeyâ by People, Tracy Rossâs riveting memoir about abuse, survival, and healing is now available in paperback.
Tracy Rossâs adult life has been defined by her determination to push herself to the physical limits of what a person can endure. In The Source of All Things, she struggles to reconcile her stepfatherâs abuse with her desire to make her family whole again.
Tracyâs stepfather first molested her when she was eight years old. But he was also her familyâs saviorâthe man who rescued her mother from deep depression and the protective figure who instilled in her the very passion for nature that saved her life. It wasnât until she ran away from home at fourteen that her family was forced to confront the abuse that tore them apart.
The Source of All Things is a powerful, breathtakingly honest story about a mistake that has taken three decades and thousands of miles of raw wilderness to reconcile. Unfolding in the achingly gorgeous landscapes of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska, Tracy describes her search for a place in which to heal, the sacredness of the outdoors, and the ways in which nature, at its most wild and challenging, gave her the strength to overcome.
