{"product_id":"silhouettes-in-the-garden-uncovering-who-you-were-meant-to-be-paperback","title":"Silhouettes in the Garden: Uncovering Who You Were Meant to Be - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLula Starling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the child who kept everyone else together finally asks who they might have become without the weight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilhouettes in the Garden: Uncovering Who You Were Meant to Be is a poetic memoir about parentification, identity, and the long reach of growing up too soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 22 poems and reflections rooted in lived experience, Lula Starling traces a childhood shaped by family instability, unspoken expectations, and the responsibility of protecting and caring for a younger brother. The collection gives language to the experience of being needed before being fully known-and to the work of separating love from obligation, responsibility from identity, and the assigned role from the self beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection may speak to you if you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere praised for being mature while carrying responsibilities that belonged to adults\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003elearned to watch closely, protect a sibling, or hold things together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecame dependable before you had room to discover who you were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003efind it difficult to step back, receive care, or choose yourself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eare wondering who you are beyond the role your family needed you to play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through roots, shadows, reclamation, and integration, Silhouettes in the Garden offers something different from a clinical guide or traditional self-help book. It is an emotionally honest literary companion for adults who grew up too soon-a place to recognize the role, grieve what it cost, and make room for a life shaped by choice rather than childhood duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are more than what you learned to carry. The person beneath the responsibility is still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52714396746002,"sku":"9798999760326","price":13.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/tLQ-1ojAc9798999760326.webp?v=1789595724","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/silhouettes-in-the-garden-uncovering-who-you-were-meant-to-be-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}