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Profoundly Honest and Deeply Moving Journey into Adulthood
Jen Knox is an exceptionally gifted storyteller, and her memoir Musical Chairs is a captivating, emotionally charged page turner.
Soon after her parents' divorce, young Jen is riddled with teenage angst, and in desperate need to find her place in the world. Aged fifteen she leaves home and enters an adult world where some (are only too eager) to take advantage of her vulnerability. Jen grows up quick.
There is a tragic irony to Jen's story; ...more
Jen Knox is an exceptionally gifted storyteller, and her memoir Musical Chairs is a captivating, emotionally charged page turner.
Soon after her parents' divorce, young Jen is riddled with teenage angst, and in desperate need to find her place in the world. Aged fifteen she leaves home and enters an adult world where some (are only too eager) to take advantage of her vulnerability. Jen grows up quick.
There is a tragic irony to Jen's story; ...more
In Musical Chairs, Jen Knox has created a captivating memoir that explores her life as a young teen runaway, to the issues of mental illness found within her family. Jen bravely tells her story about life on her own at the age of 15, leading up to a short career as a strip-dancer, all the while battling an all-consuming addiction with alcoholism. Jen’s writing is very vivid and fluid, and I felt as if I were right there, immersed in her world. As she struggles to get back on her feet—after a few
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This memoir of Jen Knox's teens and early twenties appears not professionally edited. My complaints about typographical errors and narrative inconsistencies were counterbalanced, however, by the fact that I literally couldn’t put the damn book down! I excused myself from the world while I blew through the entire thing in a little over a day, immersing myself in her story every moment I could. Really, no joke, no exaggeration: I read until I got tired; then I napped, woke up, and continued where
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This is a memoir which was presented in such an engaging manner. I mean that, I was so drawn into the hopes that carried her throughout her journey. I was so much impressed with her ability to rise above situations and to conquer the devastations that she endured. She proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that, there is no such thing as a dead end. That every day is a new beginning. Thank you Jen for sharing your story with the world.
Pamela Jansen
Pamela Jansen
Nov 07, 2009
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