In this raw and compelling memoir, Kelsi Sheren delivers a first-hand female veteran's experience as a five-foot tall, 18-year-old artillery gunner going into battle, coming out a broken soldier, and rediscovering a new purpose in life.

Step deep inside the sights and sounds of war and the devastating effects of PTSD as you follow Sheren's personal journey through basic training, fighting in Afghanistan, an operational brain injury, and a medical dismissal. Brass & Unity opens up a unique insight to the insidious voice of PTSD and the battlefield it creates in Sheren's mind. The voice grows louder when she readjusts to civilian life, where Sheren's injury is invisible to most people, clawing at her very essence as she becomes a wife, mother, and business owner.

Determined to make a difference, when Sheren finds peace in art therapy, she starts creating jewelry based on recast bullet shells, all with the goal of donating proceeds to help other struggling Veterans and first responders. Her mission to change the world by healing the people who help to defend all of our freedom becomes her new light.

This intimate view of what a soldier goes through before, during, and after deployment, also details the strength and resiliency of the mind. Sheren's moving and inspirational narrative captures the harsh realities of war, and is an original and fresh perspective about coping with trauma and creating a stronger version of yourself in the face of adversity.

Sheren is donating a percentage of her royalties from this book to veteran charities.

Author Kelsi Sheren is a 30-year-old Canadian Forces Veteran who fought on the front lines in Afghanistan as an artillery gunner. From a small town, she has travelled the globe and navigated the best and worst of what our world has to offer, and as a wife and a mother, she wants to make a difference. While she battles with severe PTSD, she is also a young female entrepreneur on a mission to change the world by healing the people who help to defend all of our freedom. It is her goal to help other struggling Veterans and first responders through charitable donations made via her fast-growing jewelry and accessory business, and her memoir, Brass & Unity.

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