The Little Dark One: A True Story of Switched at Birth
Imagine feeling like you never belonged or you didn’t know who you really were. That’s exactly what happened to Shirley Muñoz Newson.
Her life was flipped upside down the day before her 43rd birthday on April 7, 2001.
The Gillette, Wyoming, woman had just received the DNA test results that would change her life forever. This test answered questions Shirley had wondered about since she was young. Up until this point, Shirley’s life had been a big question mark.
Everything she thought she knew about herself wasn’t true.
Shirley would eventually discover she was switched at birth in a Gillette, Wyoming hospital, a story so bizarre and rare in the United States.
This book will give hope to the hopeless. It will help those who have questioned whether life is worth living. Shirley has been there and came out the other side stronger, grateful, and courageous enough to tell her story to help others heal, too.
Switched at birth. Gillette woman shares her story to inspire others facing difficult situations. — By Cary Littlejohn, Gillette News Record, April 30, 2022
Shirley Newson was born Shirley Muñoz but grew up Shirley Morgan. She felt ill at ease as a Morgan, as if she didn’t belong. And she didn’t. She wasn’t a Morgan. But she wasn’t really a Muñoz, either. She was both. And she was neither.
She searched for belonging by looking to the past, and what she found failed to sustain her. So she forged ahead, despite an unknown nature and unforgiving nurture, to build a life of her own. After ups and downs, she succeeded, and therein lies her story’s happy ending.
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Review: Leia Baez, International speaker and award-winning author of A Star for Stella
Buckle up, readers! You won’t believe this roller coaster of a story. Author Shirley Muñoz Newson is incredibly courageous as she shares her heartbreaking — and often times unbelievable —journey of being switched at birth. Once you start reading, you won’t be able to stop. While you’ll feel the author’s pain, you’ll also be lifted up in her faith and joy. “The Little Dark One” is for anyone who needs a reminder that hope always exists — even in the most difficult journeys.
Review: Don Anderson Emmy winning TV Promo Producer who lives in Los Angeles. He is also the producer and host of the podcast called Missing Pieces.
Told with absolute searing truth, “The Little Dark One”, grabbed me from the start and didn’t let me go until the last page. After twenty years of silence, Author Shirley Muñoz Newson finally tells the true and devastating story of learning she was switched at birth.
The pain is as visceral in her telling as the redemption and healing she was ultimately able to find. Do yourself a favor and read this book. Be prepared – she takes you on a journey you will never forget.
