{"id":64,"date":"2014-06-16T22:04:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2016-06-22T13:33:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:33:22","slug":"battle-scars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"Battle Scars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Returning Iraq war veteran Ray McKenna struggles with battle scars that can only be healed by love.<\/p>\n

Ray McKenna returns from the war in Iraq to find that she had attained unwanted celebrity status back home. As the only surviving American soldier of a well-publicized hostage crisis, she is the center of attention at a time when all she wants is solitude. Struggling to overcome the fear and anxiety that plague her, she relies on her psychiatric therapy dog Jagger to help her through the vicious symptoms of PTSD.<\/p>\n

Veterinarian Dr. Carly Warner hasn’t yet figured out how to open her heart to the possibility of falling in love again after the death of her longtime partner. When Ray McKenna walks into the North Coast Veterinary Clinic with Jagger, she and Carly begin a friendship that takes them both by surprise. Brought together by their shared love of dogs, Ray and Carly discover that they are both capable of moving forward, if only they are brave enough to try.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here are photos of the real inspiration for the pups in the novel. \u00a0Jack is a Shepherd mix \u00a0that is the most loyal, devoted\u00a0boy ever. \u00a0Jagger is a Great Dane that is the goofiest, snuggle\u00a0buddy ever. \u00a0They are brothers and the best of friends. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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Jagger & Willow<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Jagger pouting<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Jagger proudly taking up the entire couch.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Jack, the sweetest puppy ever.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Jack & our son Ryan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n

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Returning Iraq war veteran Ray McKenna struggles with battle scars that can only be healed by love. Ray McKenna returns from the war in Iraq to find that she had attained unwanted celebrity status back home. As the only surviving American soldier of a well-publicized hostage crisis, she is the center of attention at a […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/201"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meghanobrien.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}