When you are con­stant­ly hold­ing your breath every time the phone rings, when you are always wait­ing for the oth­er shoe to drop, when you are con­tin­u­al­ly walk­ing on eggshells…you can’t help but crave a lighter time, and want for the fairy­tale.

In Search­ing for Slip­pers, Sta­cy Ross tells her sto­ry of rais­ing a child with Bor­der­line Per­son­al­i­ty Dis­or­der. As a young Jew­ish moth­er, Stacy’s dreams of a fairy­tale life are chal­lenged when Fin’s men­tal ill­ness threat­ens to unrav­el the very fab­ric of her fam­i­ly. With a raw hon­esty rarely found in par­ents of chil­dren with men­tal ill­ness, Sta­cy shares her own com­ing-of-age sto­ry ulti­mate­ly find­ing strength through accep­tance. Sta­cy open­ly dis­cuss­es her feel­ings of lone­li­ness, guilt, frus­tra­tion, and fear that accom­pa­ny hav­ing a child with a dis­abil­i­ty, shin­ing a light on a unique yet uni­ver­sal sto­ry that any par­ent who has faced chal­lenges will find a piece of them­selves in.