{"product_id":"the-wounds-that-bind-us-9781952271861","title":"The Wounds That Bind Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe improbable and powerful true story of a single mother with prosthetics for both legs who travels the globe with her young daughter in a Land Rover.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wounds That Bind Us\u003c\/i\u003e is the improbable true story of Kelley Shinn, an orphan at birth who loses her legs at the age of sixteen to a rare bacterial pathogen. She becomes an avid off-road racer and, as a single mother, attempts to drive around the globe in a Land Rover with her three-year-old daughter in tow to bring light to the plight of land mine survivors. With unflinching honesty, exceptional lyricism, and biting humor, Shinn (\"that's two \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003es and no shins\") takes readers on a wild journey--literal and emotional--filled with striking characters and landscapes, heartbreaks, and hard-won insights, ultimately arriving at a place of profound redemption. \u003cp\u003e Told with the energy and intensity of the adventure story it is, this terrifically rich and nuanced examination of a life is also a careful meditation on renewal--a remapping of the world. Guided by the narrator's keen introspection and her ability to look resolutely at harrowing sorrows and still find hope, joy, and meaning, \u003ci\u003eThe Wounds That Bind Us\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate deeply, long after the last page. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952271861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296","brand":"Kelley Shinn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42824633122997,"sku":"9781952271861","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2e66afdc-7ae1-407b-9519-64fe98159b97.jpg?v=1680621938","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wounds-that-bind-us-9781952271861","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}