Seeking Shama

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Seeking Shama: Me My Dog and the Road to Inner Peace </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>is a heartfelt candid and inspiring memoir that explores the raw edges of being human the freedom of the open road and the journey toward spiritual reconnection.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>When Kee Kee Buckley's career as a Hollywood executive vanishes overnight-just as the love of her life resurfaces with his new wife and family-she's left with a broken heart no safety net and the disorienting ache of a life that didn't go as planned.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Thank God</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> she had her dog Yoda.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>With nothing left to lose they hit the road in her Prius affectionately named Princess Leia on a five-month journey guided by a faded decade-old sticky note taped to the dashboard: I Welcome Change.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>From being adopted by a curandera in Arkansas to falling in and out of love in Texas to living in Iowa's iconic American Gothic House with Ms. American Pie Kee Kee's search for shama-Sanskrit for inner peace-unfolds in magical messy and deeply human ways.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Part travelogue part spiritual journey </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Seeking Shama</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is a reminder that sometimes the road to peace begins where the map ends-and that healing can come in the form of a wagging tail a soothing hot spring or the bravery to start again. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Awards and Accolades</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Finalist 2026 Eric Hoffer Book Award (Memoir)</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>First Place 2025 CIBA Hearten International Book Awards (Inspiring and Uplifting Nonfiction)</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Finalist 2025 Best Book Awards by American Book Fest™ (Nonfiction Inspirational)</span></p>