{"product_id":"mestengo-melinda-roth-9780762790197","title":"Mestengo: A Wild Mustang, a Writer on the Run, and the Power of the Unexpected","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhausted 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melinda Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0762790199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780762790197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Melinda Roth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46640568041727,"sku":"9780762790197","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b397cf4-29b2-47ba-be7c-9e1ac06165eb.jpg?v=1740669974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mestengo-melinda-roth-9780762790197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}