A story carried across generations

Reclaiming power from trauma

Welcome to The Longest Road, an intimate exploration of generational healing—where memory, reflection, and medicine converge. This is a story about what we inherit, what we release, and the quiet courage it takes to transform pain into freedom.

A journey through lineage, loss, and the courage to rewrite our story.

What do we carry—and what can we finally set down?

The Longest Road follows four generations of Soviet Jewish women whose lives are shaped by survival, sacrifice, and unspoken pain. After a long history of anti-Semitism, Sasha Perelman’s family fled the USSR in 1979 as religious refugees, carrying the unspoken weight of everything they endured.

In a plant-medicine retreat deep in the Mexican jungle, Sasha uncovers the hidden truths of her family’s journey. Through sacred ceremonies, she faces her mother’s death, her grandmother’s hardened love, and a trilogy of mother-daughter dynamics woven from trauma and resilience.

This is more than a story of migration or survival—it is a journey of reckoning, transformation, and the quiet power of compassion. It begs the question: does the road ever end—and do we ever truly heal?

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First Impressions of The Longest Road

Early readers share how the journey through memory, resilience, and lineage touched them.

Regena Thomashauer

NYTimes Best-Selling Author, Founder

& CEO of The School of Womanly Arts

Sasha’s brave, poignant new book is a page turner! Her writing is powerful, potent and riveting. It allows each of us to love our lives more, find the meaning in our ever twisting storylines, and reclaim the deep meaning in our history.

Hal Elrod

**Best-Selling Author of The Miracle Morning & Keynote Speaker**

A beautiful reminder that our greatest pain can become our greatest power. Her storytelling is as honest as it is uplifting—a mirror that invites us to look inward and find our own capacity for transformation.

Susan Sly

Award-Winning Entrepreneur,
Best-Selling Author, Philanthropist

Sasha’s voice is that of a modern-day alchemist that turns pain into purpose,

history into healing, and personal truth into

collective wisdom.

Jennifer Nagel, RCC-ACS

Therapist, International Facilitator,

Best-Selling Author, Director of Trainer Development, Satir Institute of the Pacific

A powerful testament to

how understanding our generational trauma can set us free, her journey will resonate deeply with anyone seeking to rewrite the story they inherited.

MEET the author

Sasha Perelman is a writer, poet, and experiential producer whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, design, and transformation. She is the founder of Rooted Design Collective, an agency dedicated to crafting innovative and immersive brand activations and providing creative consulting for clients across industries from automotive to wellness.

Her debut novel, The Longest Road, is a sweeping exploration of generational trauma, resilience, and identity, weaving her family’s history of Soviet Jewish immigration to the U.S. with her deeply personal medicine journeys. Through these stories, Sasha bridges the gap between survival, sacrifice, and inherited burdens, revealing the possibilities of insight, healing, and transformation.

As a speaker and thought leader, Sasha shares insights on the power of vulnerability, and the value of human connection. She is deeply passionate about empowering women to reclaim their creativity, freedom, and purpose. Her work reflects a deep commitment to fostering meaning, understanding, and belonging.

Sasha draws inspiration from the world around her—traveling, cooking, DJ’ing house music, dreaming up her next venture, and immersing herself in moments that spark curiosity, joy, and reflection.

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