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Just Jen : thriving through multiple sclerosis / Jen Powley.

by Powley, Jen, 1977-

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Roseway Publishing, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, 2017.

362.196834 P888j

Multiple sclerosis -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.

Margaret and John Savage First Book Award.

9781552669235 (pbk.)

x, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (177-178).

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 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 work by an author who has laid her life--and her body--bare in order to survive. Born and raised in a small farming community in Alberta, Jen Powley now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Winner of the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Non-Fiction, 2018.

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