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Title	:	Musical Chairs
Author	:	j knox
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	October 3rd 2009 by ATTM Press
Categories	:	Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Health. Mental Health. Mental Illness. Psychology. Biography

Musical Chairs Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

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Musical Chairs explores one family's history of mental health diagnoses and searches to define the cusp between a '90s working-class childhood and the trouble of adapting to a comfortable life in the suburbs. In order to understand her restlessness, Jennifer reflects on years of strip-dancing, alcoholism, and estrangement. Inspired by the least likely source, the family she left behind, Jennifer struggles towards reconciliation. This story is about identity, class, family ties, and the elusive nature of mental illness.

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Original Title:	Musical Chairs
ISBN:	0984259422 (ISBN13: 9780984259427)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Elena Kyler, Irene, Roseanne, Maggie, Wallace, Elida
Setting:	Ohio(United States)
Literary Awards:	Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Short Story - Fiction (2011), Readers' Favorite Book Award for Women's Fiction (2011)

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Musical Chairs (Jen Knox)Memoir. This is the story of a young woman Jen, who runs away at age 15. It is not just a "run-a-way teen" story, but one that reflects on a family. A family that has dealt with mental health issues for generations. Also set in a rough part of Columbus Ohio, young Jen tries to escape the "big city" life (poverty and crime).She soon turns to alcohol, numerous jobs leading to strip-dancing. There she tells of the hardships, horrors , fast money and fast times. As she goes

Jen Knox has written a short story collection that unveils the souls of its characters through simple vignettes and everyday experiences. She finds a kind of painful poetry in the mundane choices we make, or the paths we find ourselves stumbling down as the result of decisions we didn't even realize we were making. Even when her characters speak rationally, they seem driven by emotions of which they aren't fully aware. There is an admirable lightness of touch on display here, no showboating, no

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. Jens 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 feetafter a few

Musical Chairs is a surprising book. Lots of dry humor and odd circumstance. I recommend it.

Profoundly Honest and Deeply Moving Journey into AdulthoodJen 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;

Musical Chairs is a surprising book. Lots of dry humor and odd circumstance. I recommend it.

Jen Knox pulls no punches with her gritty, honest memoir, "Musical Chairs." From the first page, she tells her story of self-medication, mental illness and family problems in evocative prose reflective of her experiences.Knox is unafraid and unashamed of discussing the mistakes she makes after running away from home at the age of 15. From working miserable minimum wage jobs to stripping, her experiences run the gamut. Eventually she is able to attend college and earn a degree in English, which