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Jean Brown

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Born
in The United States
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Genre
Memoir, Self Help

Influences
Cheryl Strayed, Bill Bryson, Tony Horwitz, Ian Mcewan

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April 2018

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Hello! I'm a writer and work-from-home mom. I write a lot about the self-help industry for SEEK Safely Inc. I studied writing and political science at Loyola University in Maryland, and public policy for a Master's from Concordia University in Montreal. I now live in Toronto with my family and am a proud US-Canadian citizen!

I like to read: non-fiction, especially essays, literary non-fiction, history, current events. For fiction, I love historical fiction, not-too-far-from-real fantasy, classic literature. Swedish noir is my guilty pleasure. I love poetry but don't read enough of it.

I like to write: essays, blogs, and I write some fiction for fun (and maybe not just for fun, someday?)

When not doing writerly things, I love to cottage or ca ...more

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Jean Brown My current book is very new, so I'm doing a lot of work to promote that and help to bring it to as many readers as possible.

My next project will like…moreMy current book is very new, so I'm doing a lot of work to promote that and help to bring it to as many readers as possible.

My next project will likely be a commentary/critique on the current state of the self-help industry. My sister's death is the subject of the book I just released. Since her death, we've learned a lot about the self-help industry, good and bad. We'd like to write a guide for keeping consumers safe on their own self-improvement journeys. (less)
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Jean Brown I read! Or, I go outside :)
This inspiration is easy. The discipline of making space to write is what I find more challenging!…moreI read! Or, I go outside :)
This inspiration is easy. The discipline of making space to write is what I find more challenging!(less)
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Jean liked Karley's review of This Sweet Life: How we lived after Kirby died:
This Sweet Life by Ginny Brown
"This account of a horrible, preventable tragedy left me with big feelings. I was impressed by not only the chronological account of what had happened and the aftermath from a factual standpoint (which is horrific) — but what made it feel so, personal" Read more of this review »
Apr 13, 2022 11:05AM  · see review ·  preview book
Jean liked Joelle Tamraz's review of This Sweet Life: How we lived after Kirby died:
This Sweet Life by Ginny Brown
"What an incredible memoir! The mother-daughter author team recount in meticulous detail the shock of finding about the unexpected death of a loved one, the sharpness of grief, the harrowing criminal trial and their determination to live on and help o" Read more of this review »
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Jean liked Colline Vinay Kook-Chun's review of This Sweet Life: How we lived after Kirby died:
This Sweet Life by Ginny Brown
"An interesting memoir about grief and the dangers of self-help industry. The book is written from two points of view which, together, gives a complete account of the grief experienced by the family of Ginny Brown. A well-written and emotional read. "
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Jean liked LJ's review of This Sweet Life: How we lived after Kirby died:
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"I read the free sample and I thought this was an interesting book; if I had been able to get it from the library I would have read the whole thing, but I'm not sure it's quite my kind of thing to justify buying the whole book."
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"Deep Into the Weeds" imagines the adventures of a small town dairy farmer whose financial struggles push him into the new frontier of legalized cannabis in Canada. A hilarious cast of characters and a series of unlikely, but not too unlikely, events ...more
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