
Florence grew up in a small town on Long Island during the feminist movement. She struggled to figure out where her place was in the world. Growing up in a dysfunctional family and unable to achieve her educational goals, she believed her only option was to get married. Sheltered...

Searching for the Shire is a memoir of one woman's lifelong quest to belong-without losing herself along the way. From a childhood shaped by emotional abandonment and unspoken fear, Florence learns early to seek safety through pleasing others. That pattern...