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Just Jen
Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis
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Winner of the 2017 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award – Non-Fiction!
Jen Powley was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at fifteen. By thirty-five, she had lost the use of her arms and legs.
Just Jen is a powerful memoir that tells the story of Powley’s life at the time of her diagnosis, and the infinite, irrevocable ways it has changed since. Powley’s writing pulls no punches. She is lively, bold and unapologetic, answering questions people are often afraid to ask about living with a progressive disease. And yet, these snapshots from Powley’s life are not tinged with anger or despair. Just Jen is a powerful, uplifting and unforgettable work by an author who has laid her life — and her body — bare in order to survive.
Jen Powley was born in Alberta, moved to Halifax for university and stayed. An author by circumstance, she wrote Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis, which won the 2018 Margaret and John Savage First Time Author Nonfiction Book Award. Powley has completed a BA and an after degree in journalism, as well as an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of King’s College.
- ISBN-13
- 9781552669235
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing
- Imprint
- Roseway Publishing
- Publication date
- 29 April 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 188
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 mm
- Language
- English
