In this autobiography, Jen recounts her life since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The book depicts her powerful story, answering questions people may be hesitant to ask about living with a progressive condition. This book includes the raw and intimate aspects of Jen’s life. Readers witness Jen’s journey of navigating the ever-changing landscape of her new reality.

The book tackles many issues such as death, eating disorders, and heartbreak. I admire Jen for having the strength to share her story, including dark feelings one would not expect her to share with others. Each chapter was authentically written, and, although the content of each moved to different aspects of her life pretty quickly, I actually really liked that since the chapters were so short. I was also really glad to read the heartfelt words from those she’s closest to as well as find that photographs are included throughout the book. The pictures of Jen’s various experiences added a nice, personal touch to the memoir. Jen’s unwavering strength shined through in the book, as she wrote about her desire not to be merely defined by her disability.

I appreciated how deeply the author discussed her thoughts and yearnings, even though I found many of her decisions questionable and disagreed with them. On the other hand, something I found surprising and special is that Jen wrote about her experience co-forming Friends for Refugees and sponsoring a Palestinian refugee family, in 2009, raising tens of thousands of dollars for them. It was very unexpected for me to see Palestine mentioned, seemingly randomly, in a book that didn’t directly relate to the topic—and I loved that.

Although I’m personally not disabled, Multiple Sclerosis plays a role in my life in a different way, and I’m glad I read this book and got to learn from a different perspective. This memoir is great for those looking for a raw and heart-touching read.