{"product_id":"battle-scars-paperback","title":"Battle Scars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeghan O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning Iraq war veteran Ray McKenna struggles with battle scars that can only be healed by love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ray McKenna returns from the war in Iraq to find that she had attained unwanted celebrity status back home. As the only surviving American soldier of a well-publicized hostage crisis, she is the center of attention at a time when all she wants is solitude. Struggling to overcome the fear and anxiety that plague her, she relies on her psychiatric therapy dog Jagger to help her through the vicious symptoms of PTSD. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Veterinarian Dr. Carly Warner hasn't yet figured out how to open her heart to the possibility of falling in love again after the death of her longtime partner. When Ray McKenna walks into the North Coast Veterinary Clinic with Jagger, she and Carly begin a friendship that takes them both by surprise. Brought together by their shared love of dogs, Ray and Carly discover that they are both capable of moving forward, if only they are brave enough to try.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Meghan O'Brien relocated to Windsor, California in October 2005. As a recent transplant, she's enjoying the moderate weather and gorgeous scenery of the Bay Area. Meghan lives with her partner Angie, their two-year-old son, three cats, and three dogs. Yes, it can be just as chaotic as it sounds. \u003cbr\u003eMeghan works as a web developer for a major corporation, but her real passion is writing. From her humble beginnings creating numerous \"books\" out of construction paper and crayons as soon as she learned to write, to her two published novels and various anthology contributions in the past five years, writing is what makes her feel most complete. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 243\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.66 x 6.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701069549631,"sku":"9781602821293","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a0d93412f44e80eee43625b0bf89ad86.webp?v=1765019222","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/battle-scars-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}