Your Roots Cast A Shadow by Caroline Topperman
About The Book:
Caroline Topperman was born in Sweden,
grew up in Canada, and lived in Poland for four years where she searched
for her family’s roots and found herself.
“North Americans are used to gaps, so much so that we often forget
where our roots are buried. It’s easy to say, ‘I’m French Canadian
or Irish American,’ but what does that even mean?” Topperman asks in
her new book, Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family’s Search Across
History for Belonging. “We need to understand who we are, and how
we’re all connected.”
Your Roots Cast a Shadow follows Topperman’s emotional, eye-opening
journey as she moves from Vancouver to Poland in 2013. She delves into
her family’s history, tracing their migration through pre-WWII Poland,
Afghanistan, Soviet Russia, and beyond, and discovers that their complex
experiences mirror some of what she felt as she adapted to life in a new
country. How does one balance honoring both one’s origins and new
surroundings?
Coaxing memories from photographs and relying on voices from the past to
guide her in her search for identity and belonging, Topperman explores
where personal history intersects with global events to shape her
family’s identity.
About The Author:
Born in Sweden and raised in Canada, Caroline Topperman returned to her
ancestral roots in Poland in 2013 to live and explore her love of
traveling and experiencing different cultures. From sampling authentic
Neapolitan Pizzas in Naples to photographing a piano, frozen in a river
in Užupis, an independent artist’s republic in Lithuania, to pitching
Poutine as a great comfort food to a local French baker in Poland. She
speaks fluent English, Polish, and French and holds a BFA in
screenwriting from York University (Toronto). Her book credits include
Tell Me What You See: Visual Writing Prompts for the Wandering Writer and a complementary guide to her blog, FitWise:
Straight Talk About Being Fit & Healthy. Topperman has written a column
for Huffington Post Canada and was the beauty editor for British MODE.
~Hayley
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