A Scar is Also Skin by Ben McKelvey

Title: A Scar is Also Skin
Author: Ben McKelvey
ISBN: 9780733645044
Condition: Used

At twenty-seven, Ben McKelvey was fit, carefree, and happily working as a magazine journalist — writing listicles and celebrity interviews. Then, during a boxing session, a stroke disconnected him from language and, in an instant, from the world he knew.

He recovered — or so it seemed. He spoke again within days, read within weeks, and returned to work within months. But something had shifted. His brain had changed, and so had he. A few years later, a heart attack brought further crisis, surgeries, and a long, unsteady road to recovery.

In the quiet of that recovery, Ben began asking bigger questions: What makes us who we are? What role do family, fate, and physiology play? What does a good life actually look like? The answers led him to an unexpected new calling — embedding with Australian forces in Iraq, and a career built on bearing witness to people living at the edge of human experience.

Blending memoir, reportage, and science, A Scar is Also Skin is a powerful exploration of trauma, resilience, and what it means to be broken — and remade. A deeply human book for anyone who has ever had to rebuild themselves from the inside out.

Details:

• Publisher: Hachette Australia
• Year: 2024
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

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