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Though our reproductive journeys often shape our life experiences, they can feel too private-or perhaps inappropriate-to share. But when Erin Connors began to ask people about their stories, her simple invitation unleashed a torrent from friends and strangers alike about how this one aspect of life influenced just about every other: partner relationships, faith and spirituality, family dynamics, careers, childhoods, and mental health.Through interviews and personal essays, Connors artfully illuminates the themes that emerged from these individual accounts, as well as the connections among them. What she uncovers is that, despite our feelings of isolation, our silence, or our politics, we have more in common in than we may believe. Our reproductive challenges seem to weave together and branch, creating a silken web of experiences within ourselves and between one another. And yet, what place do we have to share these truths? Wellspring sheds light on this paradox, inviting us to discard shame, judgment, and isolation in favor of raw honesty, unflinching complexity, and deep empathy.

WINNER OF AN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER (IPPY) BOOK AWARD (GOLD MEDAL)WINNER OF A FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARD (GOLD MEDAL)Weapon. Legend. Energy source. Shaper of cultures. Center of controversy. Throughout U.S. history, the horse has served as one of the most powerful influences on the country''s development. Beginning fifty-five million years ago with the evolution of the horse across the Great Plains, this story charts its extinction in North America, followed by its reintroduction to the continent by the Spanish. The eventual acquisition of Spanish horses by the native peoples of the plains had profound consequences for the continent''s future: it resulted in the explosion of wild horses across the West and unleashed some of the most talented and brutal mounted warriors in the world, the Comanche, who staved off European-American development of much of the plains for nearly two centuries. From there, the story tracks the horse''s incredible contributions-through warring and racing and hauling, through companionship and servitude and strength-across the broad arc of the country''s next three hundred years. Soplop employs the horse as a narrative thread not only to bind seemingly disparate events, but also to allow for the inclusion of figures often written out of traditional histories: women and minorities. Through a modern, unconventional lens, she skillfully weaves together science, policy, literature, and history to trace the fascinating story of how one animal shaped the nation. Captivating pen and ink illustrations by Montana artist Robert Spannring, interspersed with Soplop''s stunning photography, add further depth and visual interest.