Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) - Hog's intestines turned to gold,
political intrigue and racial discrimination, KKK threats and $1000 water
bills, multiple personalities and unrequited love – just a few highlights from
Shauna Anderson's recently published memoirs – OFFAL GREAT. Shauna will
also talk about hiding out in hotels while phoning for comfort to her now
close friend and writer Elizabeth Latrobe Place, granddaughter of Ferdinand
Latrobe, seven times Mayor of Baltimore.
Shauna Anderson is the Queen of Chitlins – but the road to royalty has not
been easy. She has made a fortune selling cleaned Chitlins, hog's intestines –
offal – but what she has really been providing is precious African American
heritage and family tradition.
While most people love Chitlins (or the idea of them), the innocent pig's
intestines evoke a racial hatred in others, that is quite frightening. Shauna
has fought to stay in business against tremendous odds, serving her 5,000+
loyal customers, amid bomb threats, KKK warnings and city hall attempts to
close her online business down and keep her from opening a restaurant.
Shauna's fifty years of high drama and roller coaster living have been
captured by Ms. Place, who learned more than just the facts during the 9 month
writing project. Ms. Place experienced and documented Shauna's multiple
personalities while she learned the why and how of their existence.
Ms Place, didn't start out a believer in Dissociative Identity Disorder
(DID) but she became a believer – even before Shauna was professionally
diagnosed in April 2007. DID, which was once known as Multiple Personality
Disorder, is a rare and still mysterious malady. The diagnosis was not
surprising to Shauna, who believed for several years that, as she puts it,
"had a little something extra helping her out in the office and in the
kitchen."
Offal Great is an uplifting story that will inspire anyone who wants
to succeed in the face of tough odds, anyone who is fighting city hall, is in
love with the wrong man, suspects an undiagnosed mental illness - or needs a
good recipe for Chitlins and Coconut Cake.
To arrange a book signing or interview, contact Shauna Anderson at
240-432-1500 or shaunaranderson@aol.com.
