Book Synopsis
A memoir about a woman’s journey to transcend her generational legacy. Naya James grew up with a mother who suffered from severe mental illness. In spite of her efforts to stay invisible in the volatile world in which she lives, she is thrown out of the house at twelve years old. She survives the loss, and subsequent traumas, by cloaking herself in mystical animal spirits – the protective raven and the diligent wolf. Believing she has finally found peace and can shed the layers of protection, she is thrust on another journey when her daughter recovers memories of an unspeakable trauma. A powerful bear emerges as she must become the mother she never had and the protector her daughter desperately needs. Can you outrun the past? Can you transcend your DNA? A love story between mother and daughter, and a probe into the nature of self, Untouched and Untaken drives home the truth that love in action is the willingness to break every limiting belief, to seek what is real.