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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Wounds That Bind Us

The Wounds That Bind Us

Shinn, Kelley

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Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 195227186X
ISBN13: 9781952271861
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: Jun 1 2023
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.06 Depth: 8.04
Language: English

The 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.

A harrowing memoir. . . . Readers may not want to follow in [Shinn's] footsteps, but they will never be bored with her as a companion. ​--Kirkus Reviews

The Wounds That Bind Us 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 Ns 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.

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