{"product_id":"the-answer-is-in-the-wound-hardcover","title":"The Answer Is in the Wound - 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\u003eKelly Sundberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lyrical and brutal, intimate and culturally relevant. I've never read anything like it.\"--Maggie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate, linked, lyrical essay collection focusing on the longer-lasting effects of trauma and PTSD on survivors--challenging a culture in which violence against women is normalized and illuminating the nonlinear, complex nature of recovery--from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Sweet Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn affecting memoir-in-essays from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Sweet Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Answer Is in the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical examination of the fractured, nonlinear nature of life after trauma. In this remarkable account of her own road to healing, Kelly Sundberg challenges a culture in which violence against women is normalized and writes against the implicit demand for survivors to \"get over it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly Sundberg's abusive marriage nearly broke her, and finding the courage to leave and begin the difficult process of putting herself back together was only the beginning of her story. Deeply courageous, The Answer Is in the Wound deftly explores the trials and joys Sundberg encountered not only as a newly single parent but also as someone in full pursuit of life. She developed an appreciation for new spiritual practices, reclaimed her body through tattoos, and even became \"the problem\" rather than going along to get along in her professional life. From erasure poetry crafted from emails and a court-mandated apology letter from her ex-husband, to engaging with the research of some of the most prominent voices in fifty years of trauma psychiatry and psychology --from Judith Herman and Peter A. Levine to Bessel van der Kolk--\u003ci\u003eThe Answer Is in the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound meditation on trauma and its lasting effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the formal innovation and radical vulnerability of Carmen Maria Machado's \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e and the cerebral precision of Leslie Jamison's \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e, Sundberg's breathtaking collection offers a redemptive arc for trauma survivors and vital insight into what makes healing possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly Sundberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Sweet Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Harper in 2018. Her essays have been featured in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2018, and her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Modern Love column, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a PhD in creative nonfiction and she lives, writes, and edits in Columbus, Ohio.\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 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44419396665446,"sku":"9780802164254","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UtjblztdEI9780802164254.webp?v=1770108687","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-answer-is-in-the-wound-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}