Unnatural Selection - A Memoir of Adoption and Wilderness

Adopted at birth, AndreaRossgrew up inhabiting two ecosystems: one was her tangible, adoptive family, the other her birth family, whose mysterious landscape was hidden from her.In this coming-of-age memoir, Ross narrates howinher early twenties, while working as a ranger in Grand Canyon National Park, she embarked on a journey to discover where she came from and,ultimately, who she was. After many missteps anddead ends,Rossuncovered her heartbreaking and inspiring origin storyandbegan navigating the complicated turns of reuniting with her birth parents and their new families. Through backcountry travel in the American West, she also came to understand her place in the world, realizing thathertrue identitylaynotin a choice betweenadoptedorbiological parents,but in an expansion of the concept of family.