Life Beyond Borders: A Journey Shaped by Places I Never Planned to Go - Couverture souple

Mitchell, Melissa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1662965613 ISBN 13 : 9781662965616

Editeur : Gatekeeper Press, 2025

Synopsis

Melissa Mitchell never thought a civil war in Syria would reroute the life of a girl from Oregon. Then again, she didn’t expect the Middle East to feel like home—or to spend decades with her husband living and working in places most people couldn’t even point to on a map.

Life Beyond Borders is a brutally honest, laugh-out-loud, cry-when-you-least-expect-it memoir of what happens when one unlikely yes leads to three decades of chaos, compassion, and calling. Melissa’s journey is all grit, heart, and survival—held together by the kind of sarcasm that costs less than therapy and works twice as fast.

This isn’t a story about saving the world—it’s about being reshaped by it. Through missteps, miracles, and the kind of stubborn hope that refuses to quit, her story unfolds not with grand solutions, but with the quiet power of presence: listening, staying, and standing in the gap. Told with honesty, humility, and hard-won perspective, Life Beyond Borders reveals that the most meaningful journeys don’t begin when we’re ready—they begin the moment we show up.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Melissa Mitchell is a global humanitarian, nonprofit founder, and storyteller with over 30 years of frontline experience in war zones, refugee camps, and disaster-stricken regions. As president of WalkWithMe.global, she leads life-saving efforts to deliver medical care, education, and dignity to communities often forgotten by the world. With roots in HR, operations, and business start-up, she forges trusted partnerships in some of the hardest places on earth. Her writing-raw, unflinching, and often surprisingly funny-pulls back the curtain on the human stories behind the headlines, revealing the beauty that can rise even in the darkest places.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gatekeeper Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1662965613
• ISBN 13: 9781662965616
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
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