IPPY Awards Gold Medal Winner in the memoir categoryamp10Colorado Independent Book Publishers Association CIPA Gold Medal Winner in the memoir categoryamp10National Indie Excellence Awards finalist in the new nonfiction categoryamp10A deeply personal memoir about finding family and belonging from White House staffer Robin F. Schepper.amp160amp10Growing up torn between her single Pan Amstewardess mom and brothelowning grandmother in 1960s New York City Robin F. Schepper never imagined that shed one day have an office in the East Wing of the White House. Her childhood in a German American neighborhood on the Upper East Side was peppered with halftruths from the family secrets surrounding her grandmotheramp8217s immigration to deceptions about her biological father.amp160amp10In a world of selfabsorbed adults Robin largely raised herself she secured a scholarship to a prestigious private school and worked several jobs as a teenager to pay her own living expenses before finally escaping to California for college. Streetsmart and undeniably driven once in the professional world Robin quickly ascended in the maledominated political sphere traveling the globe while being subjected to sexual harassment and assaults that echoed obstacles her mother and grandmother had faced. Through it all Robin searched for her biological father. She felt that if she could understand why he abandoned her she could free herself from secrets lies and shame.amp160amp10Robin eventually rose to work for the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and in the meantime created her own family by adopting two sons from Kazakhstan. Intimate and captivating Finding My Way follows an ambitious woman who reached the highest pinnacles of a political career while simultaneously fulfilling her own quest to heal from family trauma and discover her true identity.amp160