num_pages: 224
description: A celebration of the relationships that bring us strength purpose and joyTies That Bind honors the people who nourish and strengthen us. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the revolutionary oral history projects rich archives collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals become family. Between blood relations friends coworkers and neighbors in the most trying circumstances and in the unlikeliest of places enduring connections are formed and lives are forever changed.The stories shared in Ties That Bind reveal our need to reach out to support and to share lifes burdens and joys. We meet two brothers separately cast out by their parents who reconnect and rebuild a new family around each other. We encounter unexpected A gay woman reveals to her beloved granddaughter that she grew up believing that family was a happiness she would never be able to experience. We witness lifechanging An Iraq war veteran recalls his wartime bond with two local children and how his relationship with his wife helped him overcome the trauma of losing them.Against unspeakable odds at their most desperate moments the individuals we meet in Ties That Bind find their way to one another discovering hope and healing. Commemorating ten years of StoryCorps the conversations collected in Ties That Bind are testament to the transformational power of listening.
language: English
title: Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps
publisher: Penguin Press