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Title	:	Musical Chairs
Author	:	j knox
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary 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

j knox

Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

Rating: 4.04 | 310 Users | 99 Reviews

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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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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 candid, compelling and highly-readable postmodern quest narrative. Its a deeply searching examination of an unconventional coming-of-age story, rife with complicated family dynamics, impulsive decisions, alcohol abuse, terrifying consequences and, ultimately, one woman's determination to live life on her own terms. Knox never makes excuses nor apologizes; nor should she. Instead, she embraces her difficult youth and endeavors to understand what that experience can teach her

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's book, Musical Chairs, is a story of choices and consequences. The author lays out her life, like open-heart surgery. Her chest is open, revealed bloody red and pulsating. It is at once unsightly and fascinating. But there is something else in Jen's opening up to us, her honesty and refusal to make excuses. She lays there, splayed open for us to see, declaring, "Here I am."Running was in her blood, a destined event, it would seem. Following in the footsteps of her great grandmother,

I found Jen Knox's story fascinating, insightful and thought-provoking. I would recommend this book to readers of all genres, whether they usually read memoirs or not. There is so much in this story that thrills and entertains, probably as much if not more than a fiction story. It would be great to see this life story portrayed in a film as some of the scenes literally come off the page. There are many memorable scenes, and Jen Knox has written her story with passion, and compassion for her

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There are many things I love about Jen Knoxs Musical Chairs but my favorite part of the book is when her mother takes her to a support group for people addicted to drugs and alcohol. Knox is a child in this scene in her memoir and her innocence is heartbreaking. She dresses up meticulously, complete with gold-colored earrings, and asks whether they would get dessert after the meeting. But when she sits through the meeting and sees it involves sharing sad, sad stories, she asks what I think is a