{"product_id":"exit-wounds-a-story-of-love-loss-and-occasional-wars-hardcover","title":"Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Godwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning writer Peter Godwin brings his \"moving\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London) voice to his latest memoir about his evolving relationships with the women and places that shaped his life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Godwin's mother is dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in England, and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now lies on a hospital bed in the partitioned living room of his sister's London home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter has spent his life missing his Zimbabwean childhood, a longing that does not diminish as he reflects on his time as a journalist on the frontlines of combat around the world, or life in New York with his English wife and transatlantic children. In his mother's final months, he must come to terms with everything his family was and wasn't: the secrets they kept from one another, the stoicism that sometimes threatened to destroy them, and the beauty of the wildly different places they called home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith generations of history behind him, Godwin lyrically brings us into the spaces which make us question and suffer, shows us how we can heal our own scars, and celebrate the lives we have among family and friends.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Godwin was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He is the author of six nonfiction books including \u003ci\u003eMukiwa\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the George Orwell Prize and the Esquire-Apple-Waterstones award, and \u003ci\u003eWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Borders Original Voices Award. His book, \u003ci\u003eThe Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as a best book of the year. He has taught writing at Wesleyan and Columbia and served as President of the PEN American Center. He is an Orwell fellow and a Guggenheim fellow. He lives in New York City. Follow him on X @PeterGodwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987489423661,"sku":"9781668074534","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/doCF6ySOfX9781668074534.webp?v=1776179016","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/exit-wounds-a-story-of-love-loss-and-occasional-wars-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}