Memoir Tackles Intergenerational Trauma and the Author’s Determination to Overcome Circumstances - The Turtle Island News

A Daughter of Two Worlds, a Survivor of Many: Deana Elaine’s Journey From Surviving to Healing - New York Weekly

By: Elowen Gray A Childhood Between Worlds Deana Elaine Dils was born between borders, not just geographic ones, but emotional, cultural, and spiritual divides that would go on to shape every chapter of her life. With a Palestinian father and a Kentucky-born American mother, her earliest memories were etched into the walls of two vastly different worlds.  One was a house built on unspoken pain, emotional disarray, and longing. The other was a ho…

Memoir tackles intergenerational trauma and the author’s determination to overcome circumstances - The Turtle Island News

By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Chyana Marie Sage offers a brutally honest look at the impact intergenerational trauma had on her family in her memoir Soft as Bones. “It’s a story that I knew was important for me to tell, not just for my own personal healing or the healing of my family and the acknowledgement of what we went through, but also recognizing that our story is one small piece of the puzzle that …

Memoir tackles intergenerational trauma and the author’s determination to overcome circumstances

Chyana Marie Sage offers a brutally honest look at the impact intergenerational trauma had on her family in her memoir Soft as Bones. “It's a story that I knew was important for me to tell, not just for my own personal healing or the healing of my family and the acknowledgement of what we went through, but also recognizing that our story is one small piece of the puzzle that makes up the mosaic of Indigenous people across Turtle Island,” said Sa…