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Belonging: Digging Up Roots To Find My Place is a powerful memoir told through raw, lyrical stories and poems that trace one women's search for belonging. As a baby boomer growing up in the Bronx with a traditional Italian extended family she was shaped by tradition, emotional instability and loyalty. Courageously she takes to a long road of healing, to unearth what was buried to reclaim her voice, her roots and her place while realizing she is always still becoming. This book is for anyone who has stood at the edges, wondering where they fit. Its for those who have searched, struggled, and realized that belonging isn't about your roots, but where you choose to stand.
About the author
Jennifer Moscatello Berkeley is a writer, educator and spiritual seeker who has spent her life exploring the space between tradition and transformation. With a background in teaching, creativity and spiritual leadership, she brings a unique voice to stories and poems of healing, identity, and the journey home to oneself. A baby boomer, born and raised in a working-class family, Italian family in the Bronx, shaped by loyalty, silence, and complexity, she writes from the heart of personal experience, unearthing the truths we bury and the belonging we long for. Her work blends storytelling and poetry with soulful reflection, inviting readers to reclaim their voice and find meaning in the mess. When she is not writing, she supports others on their own path to integration and self discovery, often weaving together the wisdom of the body, mind, spirit and creative expression. Belonging is her first book.
