The Wounds That Bind Us
The Wounds That Bind Us by Kelley Shinn is a First Edition published by West Virginia University Press in 2023, featuring 296 pages in English. This memoir recounts the extraordinary journey of Shinn, who, after losing both legs to a rare bacterial infection at sixteen, becomes an avid off-road racer and a single mother. She embarks on a global adventure in a Land Rover with her young daughter, aiming to raise awareness about the challenges faced by land mine survivors.
Readers will find a narrative that blends adventure with personal reflection, as Shinn shares her experiences with striking honesty and humor. The book explores themes of resilience and renewal, offering insights into her life as a woman with disabilities and the emotional landscapes she navigates. Through her journey, Shinn presents a rich tapestry of characters and settings, ultimately leading to a place of profound redemption and hope.
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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.
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, The Wounds That Bind Us will resonate deeply, long after the last page.
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