{"product_id":"the-wound-is-where-the-chris-young-9780316565288","title":"The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eWriting My Wrongs\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir from a young man sentenced to life in prison, who gave such a moving speech during his trial that the judge left his position and fought to free him, shining a light on the prison industrial complex and showing how potential remains locked behind bars.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Were our world more just, Chris Young would probably have a doctorate or be the CEO of a tech company instead of having spent eleven years in prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wound Is Where the Light Enters \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers through the impossible circumstances of Chris's childhood and young adulthood in poverty and addiction-ridden Clarksville, Tennessee--circumstances that made prison, or death, look all but inevitable. At the age of 22, he was arrested on drug charges, and because of draconian sentencing laws, given a life sentence. Once imprisoned, however, he fought against the nihilism all around him and the trauma of his past, and doggedly pursued an intellectual life: He studied philosophy, art, archaeology, anthropology, history, economics, astrophysics, cosmology, quantum physics, biology, philology, and politics, learned to play the stock market, and taught himself how to code without a computer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As shown in this stunning memoir, Chris's mind is an indictment of how much potential remains locked up behind bars, at a time when we are reexamining our prison system like never before. More than an issue-driven book, however, \u003ci\u003eThe Wound Is Where the Light Enters\u003c\/i\u003e is an homage to books themselves, and an exploration of what it means to be self-educated in the purest sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316565288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316565288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Chris Young","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48114128584959,"sku":"9780316565288","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4912e0b-b052-49ea-8d02-1bb856fc1f4c.jpg?v=1769619291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wound-is-where-the-chris-young-9780316565288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}