WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- 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 2006. 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 she, 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