Stolen Roots

By Ashley Marie Babb

Stolen Roots
A Novel Inspired by a True Story

What happens when the people meant to protect you become your captors?

At just three years old, Aria was taken- not by a stranger, but by her own grandmother. Smuggled across the border and hidden away under the guise of guardianship, Aria's childhood became a twisted cycle of medical exploitation, manipulation, and control. She was the sick girl. The miracle case. The fundraiser mascot. But behind the hospital curtains and smiling photos lay years of unspeakable abuse.

Told through hauntingly vivid alternating timelines, Stolen Roots unravels Aria's journey from stolen child to silenced patient to survivor. In the present day, she begins to uncover her own buried past, one memory at a time- guided by a glowing journal, a quiet man who listens like her words matter, and a fire that refuses to go out.

This is not just a story about trauma. It's about reclamation.
It's about the lies we survive, the truths we claw toward, and the love that finds us when we believe we're unlovable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FKY4HPGH
• ISBN13: 9798293462391
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"