Chimera

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>‎An impressive and heartfelt collection of memories.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>‎</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>‎</span><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chimera: A Shapeshifter's Journey</em><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Lisa Stathoplos' companion to ‎her marvelous coming-of-age memoir </span><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Make Me</em><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is also a ‎knockout. Every pulsing moment of pain anguish uplift ‎and joy is delivered and the result is stunning.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Suzanne Bachner- Award-Winning Playwright </span><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Good ‎Adoptee</em><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Circle</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>‎</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>‎In her gutsy new memoir </span><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chimera A Shapeshifter's ‎Journey</em><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Stathoplos pulls no punches as she captures in ‎raw and eloquent detail the reality of depression and ‎anxiety. Her first-hand accounts are gut-wrenching yet we ‎are left uplifted and inspired as her ultimate goal is ‎understanding. Heart and soul wit and warmth ring out ‎from every page. Chimera is a dynamic clarion call for ‎compassion and it delivers the message triumphantly.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Valerie Kuhn Reid- Veteran Educator of Theatre and English and ‎Author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One Stop West of Hinsdale</em></p>