Connected: Finding My Truth is a bold, heartfelt memoir about navigating the web of family secrets, power, money, and the ache of disappointment while searching for personal truth. A casual conversation abruptly turns her world upside down, sending her on a lifelong extraordinary journey through decades of deception, truth, betrayal, disappointment, long-buried family secrets, the black-market baby trade, and government corruption. Everything she had believed about herself was lies, and the lies continued as she searched for her truth. As she presses forward to reclaim her identity, the narrative unfolds with a series of twists and turns that test loyalty, resilience, and self-belief, with relatable emotional highs and lows, courage, and self-discovery.

The author does not shy away from discomfort or complexity; instead, she maps the messy process of self-discovery with clarity, wit, and a quiet courage. The prose is taut and observant, catching the small, telling details—the hesitations in a whispered confession, the weight of a shared memory, the moment of realization when a truth finally lands and the stories we have been told do not hold up.

If you pick this up, you will not want to put it down. It is a compelling invitation to follow someone through disruption, persistence, acceptance, and to a redefined sense of self—one that suggests truth is not a destination but a continual process of connection, re-evaluation, reinvention, and finally peace. - Melanie Bassett - Sarasota, Florida - Reviewed on January 15, 2026 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐