{"product_id":"mud-and-mercy-wren-rowan-9798296013385","title":"Mud and Mercy: A Memoir of Pain, Perseverance, and the Power of the Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the first place you called home was broken beyond repair?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMud and Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e, Wren Rowan rips open a childhood shaped by violence, abandonment, and silence. She takes readers into a trailer where the floor sagged, into nights when fists and bottles replaced lullabies, and into the quiet that swallowed secrets no one dared to name. By her teens, she was running on survival alone-learning to go still until the rage burned out, desperate for love and belonging in a world that kept turning away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the story doesn't stop there. Survival followed her into adulthood-through the fragile hope of adoption, the unraveling of a marriage hollowed by silence, and the weight of betrayal and illness that nearly broke her body for good. Each chapter shows what it means to keep moving when life keeps breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThreaded through it all was the one constant that never abandoned her: the wild. In the cypress swamps and bayous of Louisiana, among dragonflies, floodwaters, and moss-draped trees, Rowan found the language of healing when human words failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to flinch yet shot through with resilience, \u003ci\u003eMud and Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e is both a testimony and an invitation. It's for anyone who has ever felt unseen, abandoned, or undone. It's for daughters navigating broken homes, for women rebuilding after betrayal, for mothers and adoptees who know both loss and love. It's for every survivor who has ever wondered if the story could turn---or if they were alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKnow My Name\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e will find themselves at home in these pages-but this memoir pushes beyond comparison. Rowan's voice is jagged and honest, her story both devastating and defiant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly readers have called it \"raw and breathtaking,\" \"a survival song,\" and \"a memoir that refuses to look away.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt doesn't promise neat endings. It offers something more: the shock of recognition, and the reminder that life still claws its way toward mercy, even from the mud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy This Book Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when conversations about trauma, resilience, and healing are more urgent than ever, \u003ci\u003eMud and Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e adds a voice that is both deeply personal and universally resonant-an unforgettable trauma memoir about resilience, survival, and healing through nature. Rowan's journey refuses to sanitize survival-it reveals the jagged edges, the unbearable silences, and the unexpected places where strength is born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is for the ones still carrying childhood scars. For the daughters who grew up too fast. For the mothers who chose to stay and the ones who chose to leave. For adoptees searching for where they belong. For anyone who has ever tried to rebuild after betrayal, illness, or loss. And for every reader who has found solace in the arms of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Critics and Readers Are Saying\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Breathtaking. Both brutal and beautiful.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A survival story that refuses to look away.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"For fans of \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e, but with its own defiant voice.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRowan's writing does not promise comfort-it promises truth. And in that truth, readers may discover what so many survivors forget: that broken ground can still grow wildflowers, and that mercy waits even in the mud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wren Rowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296013385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d","brand":"Wren Rowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066778005759,"sku":"9798296013385","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00ad8b26-d3fb-43e6-877b-7385f98e635e.jpg?v=1768680483","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mud-and-mercy-wren-rowan-9798296013385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}