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    <body><![CDATA[Jen kindly sent me a copy of this book to review, and I zipped through it in a couple of days. The story begins in an AA meeting, and it reads rather like a series of episodes told in front of an AA audience. I also have an addictive/compulsive personality, so I'm sympathetic; the AA sequences in <em>In...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78406891">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Profoundly Honest and Deeply Moving Journey into Adulthood<br/><br/>Jen Knox is an exceptionally gifted storyteller, and her memoir Musical Chairs is a captivating, emotionally charged page turner.<br/><br/>Soon after her parents' divorce, young Jen is riddled with teenage angst, and in desperat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78712875">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Musical Chairs is a surprising book.  Lots of dry humor and odd circumstance. I recommend it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a gripping, well-paced and clearly written coming-of-age story, in which a young woman finds her voice, her balance, her connectedness with her grandmother--but to get to the point of self-confidence and voice, she must go through her own personal hell.  The narrator was a teenage runaway wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81343766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book and actually wished it had been longer. My one gripe was that in my copy some typos slipped past the editor’s desk. This is a common enough occurrence with first edition books however.  Even so, I wasn’t ready for the book to end when it did. It could have been twice the size...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75120034">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[‘I had left home to leave myself, and it hadn’t worked.’<br/><br/>Jen Knox’s memoir is told in three parts: The Runaway; The Dancer; and The Education.  This memoir mostly covers Jen’s life from 1994 when she was 15 and ran away from home. This is an interesting story of a life in progre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81323710">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Musical Chairs is a candid, compelling and highly-readable postmodern quest narrative.  It’s a deeply searching examination of an unconventional coming-of-age story, rife with complicated family dynamics, impulsive decisions, alcohol abuse, terrifying consequences and, ultimately, one woman's dete...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75127792">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Jen Knox's book, Musical Chairs, is a story of choices and consequences. The author lays out her life, like open-heart surgery. Her chest is open, revealed bloody red and pulsating. It is at once unsightly and fascinating. But there is something else in Jen's opening up to us, her honesty and refusa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72223734">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am having a difficult time writing this review since I just didn't &quot;get&quot; this book. I just missed the point of it. I know it's a memoir but I just didn't feel much other than confusion and disjointedness.<br/><br/>Thank you to Bostick Communications for providing this book for reading ...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There's a lot going on in Musical Chairs. It's the story of a runaway girl, a scatter-shot but endearing family, the elusive nature of trauma and mental illness, and the sweetness of unexpected romance. As far as memoirs go, I highly recommend this book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've just started reading this insightful exploration of the difficulties in keeping sane in this stressful world. So far it is an outstanding read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an exploration of a young woman's life as she moves from self centered, childish rebellion to a life that finds meaning in her relationships with other people.  The writing is honest, sometimes brutally honest and because of that it hangs with the reader.  I couldn't put it down.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I recommend this book.  Great memoir.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Can't wait!]]></body>
    
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