REVIEWS
Jen Knox is an exceptionally gifted storyteller, who can take the events of
the past and craft them invariably into engaging and compelling narratives.
--Phillip Lopate, Author of Notes on Sontag
This true tale of grit, survival and eventual rebirth of the psyche is engaging
and inspirational, even to a small-town girl like me.
--Gretchen A. Phillips, Pearson Education
With her unique voice, Jen tells the poignant, yet raw, story of her journey
to adulthood, living on the streets as a runaway and her ultimate struggle to
establish her own identity as a woman who truly values herself. This is one of
those books that lingers long after the last page.
--Heather McIntosh, author of Small Animals First
Jen’s a runner, a runaway. Following in the footsteps of her great
grandmother, Glory, who defiantly set out on her own near the same young age,
and finding commonalities of mental illnesses among the women in her family,
Jen must’ve realized her course was set out for her organically.
In the writing of Musical Chairs, a memoir blatant and unapologetic,
Jen attempts to make sense of herself within the larger family history.
Yet, for all of the similarities Jen discovered between herself and Glory,
there is at least one difference: Glory ran away from family, while Jen’s
running brought the both of them back.
--Jennifer Lynne Roberts, playwright and writer, author of Beekeeper
and Book of Taos
