{"product_id":"9781493000715","title":"Mestengo: A Wild Mustang, a Writer on the Run, and the Power of the Unexpected","description":"Exhausted by her job as a political press secretary, Melinda Roth found the courage to escape. Her goal: a simpler life in rural Illinois that would let her pursue her passion for writing. But then real life intervened. A fire at a neighboring farm and a misinterpreted gesture of kindness transformed her into the reluctant caretaker of a homeless menagerie of animals. Roth, coauthor of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestseller \u003ci\u003eFrom Baghdad with \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e, writes vividly, movingly, and often humorously of the chaos that descended into her life. One of her new tenants was a wild mustang, broken but not bowed, his restless spirit propelling him to escape the fences and pens that enclosed him—a far different life than before he was violently captured by a government-sponsored “round-up.” Ultimately these two fiercely independent characters each provide the catalyst for the other’s life-changing and life-affirming decisions.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMestengo\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating, emotional account that taps into readers’ love of animals: \u003ci\u003eMarley and Me\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Horse Whisperer.\u003c\/i\u003e An entertaining and delightful read, it is a cinematic, sometimes tense, but always beautiful story of the power of healing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144954495216,"sku":"9781493000715","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781493000715_p0.jpg?v=1769894880","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781493000715","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}