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Corners: Voices on Change Kindle Edition

by Amy Lou Jenkins (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
Every life journey traverses curves and corners. In Corners: Voices on Change, writers find a way through changes. Their literary essays offer honesty, comfort and humor. Tracing their stories helps us to process our own changing lives. Be inspired by thoughtful lives as the writers—



    • Deal with grief and loss

    • Reject antiquated patterns of prejudice and selfishness

    • Get fired

    • Engage in War

    • Experience disappointment in God

    • Find their voice

    • Say “no”

    • Navigate the ubiquitous anxiety of loving a recovering addict

    • Save themselves from disappearing into marriage or parenthood

    • Discover lynchpins in family and culture

    • Choose a new religion and choose to love within the backlash

    • Learn to love a Trump-voting spouse when it seems a betrayal

    • Recreate a great life when the body, brain, or life circumstance won’t return to the old normal

    • Accept responsibilities, truths, and realities

    • Celebrate differences


    These voices don’t prescribe a singular path to self-actualization. That would be a lie. We all face corners. We have to turn. We must make accommodations, or we get stuck clinging to beliefs and ways of life that can no longer sustain us. The beauty in these very human stories is laden with honesty, triumph, humor, resignation, comfort and insight. The cumulative effect of these personal stories is even greater than the sum of the parts. Readers experience the gallant pursuit of managing responses to change. Writers celebrate and lament the past, but don’t cling to it. They find a new normal. They strive. They accept.     Read today—for everyone navigating change.
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    Corners: Voices on Change" is a collection of stories about adaptation, about passing through a critical juncture, and gaining a fresh perspective. The book is comprised of 25 stories by writers who are confronted with a major turning point in life. They face physical difficulties, marital strife, failing relationships and deal with social and mental dilemmas. Many authors speak to attitudes we carry, beliefs we share and societal values. Some writers are able to turn corners more easily than others. Plenty go on to forge a new life path while others greet the transformation as it stands and even learn how to make peace with it. ...I would highly recommend this thought-provoking collection to anyone facing a difficult transition in life.
    Reader ViewsIf you're feeling stuck, stagnant, or burned out, Corners: Voices on Change edited by Amy Lou Jenkins might just be the book for you. With the common thread of change and transformation running through this collection of 25 stories, essays, and other musings on paper, Corners strikes a happy balance between the advice-giving nature of the self-help genre and the storytelling feature of autobiographies and memoirs. It's like attending a group therapy session or a retreat where you get to listen to the wisdom of a diverse array of people--mothers, grandmothers, writers, poets, teachers, travelers, students, singers, combat veterans--who each have a noteworthy story to share.
    ... there's no denying the book's potential to inspire and move people to reflect and act on their past, present, and future circumstances. Online Book Club

    About the Author

    Amy Lou is an active writer, speaker, and educator. Her award-winning book of walking essays Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting won multiple awards including a USA Book Award, Ellis Henderson Outdoor Writing Award, and more. Minnesota Star Tribune called it "Nothing less than sensational." The Midwest Booksellers Association named it a Connections Pick. She has taught writing at universities and workshops including Carroll College, and Iowa Writers Workshop NonfictioNow.  
    Amy also writes  quarterly review of books for the Wisconsin and other Midwest Sierra Club publications.  She's an active freelance writer specializing in stories related to the environment, parenting, and health. She holds a BSN from Alverno College and a MFA from Bennington. Her work has been anthologized more than a dozen times including     The Maternal is Political, Women on Writing, and Wild With Child. Contact her through JackWalkerPress.com.

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    • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07D3N9RKF
    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jack Walker Press
    • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 30, 2018
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
    • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
    • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
    • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Print length ‏ : ‎ 182 pages
    • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945378041
    • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Book 1 of 2 ‏ : ‎ Voices
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      Amy Lou Jenkins is a writer, speaker, nurse, and educator from Wisconsin.

      Her writing has been honored by the USA Book Awards, X.J.

      Kennedy Award for Nonfiction, Wisconsin Jade Ring Award, Florida Review Editor Award in Creative Nonfiction, Flint Hills Review Nonfiction Award, and Literal Latté Annual Essay Award. She is the recipient of a Mesa Refuge Writing Fellowship and has taught writing at Carroll University and in many writing workshops, conferences, and classes. Every Natural Fact Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting is the winner of the 2011 presented Ellis / Henderson Award for Outdoor Writing and the Gold Medal winner of the Living Now Outdoor Activities Award.

      Her work has appeared in multiple magazines, newspapers, and anthologies

      including Wisconsin Trails, Wisconsin Academy Review, Flint Hills Review, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Shepherds Express, Florida Review, Inkpot, Earth Island Journal, Generations, Consequence, Rosebud, Big Apple Parent, MetroParent, Washington

      Families, Sport Literate, Chicken Soup and Cup of Comfort books, Women on

      Writing, Wild with Child, The Maternal is Political and more. Amy Lou lives in

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      Catherine Lanser is a writer from Madison, Wis. who grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan. She ate so much salmon as a child, if you cut into her you would find flaky flesh that you could easily lift away with a salad fork.

      She has lived in the Midwest her whole life and writes essays and narrative nonfiction about her life and growing up as the baby of a family of nine children. She is looking for a home for her first full-length memoir about how she found her place in her family, told through the lens of her brain tumor and her father’s stroke.

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    • H. MICHAELS
      4.0 out of 5 stars Gather Round and Learn to Be The Change
      Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018
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      "Corners: Voices of Change" is a thorough collection of personal essays sharing the guts of experiencing uninvited change. In this time of light speed changes, "Corners" offers courage and inspiration on embracing life's sudden twists. The dynamic tales illuminate all aspects I must encounter on this dreaded journey to end up whole, open-hearted and ready for more...because there is always more!
      The "Electing to Love" essay boldly speaks to the emotional earthquake of November 2016 that struck many households around the world. The honest voice shares a hopeful glimpse of how to face the aftermath with heart. Sharing personal stories is core to growing the human spirit and am glad the authors in "Corners" came together in print to ease my way. The essays are the real thing, so I couldn't read them all at once. It is a collection to enjoy like a multi-course meal with breaks in between.
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    • Kibetious
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Accounts on Change
      Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
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      Vicissitude seems to be the only constant factor in life. The personal accounts in this book narrate the incidences that changed the trajectory of the writers' lives. The stories are moving, enlightening and memorable. One will also learn how to accept and deal with the unexpected changes in life.
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    • Julie Middlehurst
      3.0 out of 5 stars Change
      Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2018
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      "Corners: Voices on Change" is an anthology of 25 essays by nearly as many authors, dealing with change within themselves or the context of their lives; change in the self or reaction to change in one's circumstance. With so many disparate authors the book is somewhat a mixed bag. Writing goes from banal to nuanced. What does come through is
      the honesty and vulnerability of the authors in relating very personal experiences. There are no heroes in "Cherry" when Ken Williams finds himself in Viet Nam during the war. Only fear. Nor is there time for niceities or cultural sensitivity for Cathy Jones dealing with migraines in various third world countries. In my favorite essay, Charlotte Smith copes with a bigoted uncle in "Gracious living". Recurrent themes are the death of a loved one, divorce and travel. With the exception of "Cherry" there is a dearth of the male perspective along with an emerging female assertiveness. By and large, the essays witness a raw honesty of the authors as they share anecdotes and travails from their lives. Well worth the $4 plus change to download.
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      4.0 out of 5 stars "Corners" is a strong collection of essays that read like short stories
      Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018
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      "Corners" is a strong collection of essays that read like short stories, and they all offer a glimpse of the small moments in life that leave a lasting impression. I recommend "One Too Many Graves," which takes a look at how the prospect of death forces us to face truths about ourselves that we have long ignored.
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    • toReadistoEscape
      3.0 out of 5 stars not my favorite
      Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018
      I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

      I wanted to read this book because of the good reviews and the description talking about saving yourself from disappearing into parenthood. I liked the idea of short stories. Several of the stories I found fun and relatable. However, some were depressing.

      Overall I think this was an average book. The few stories I enjoyed didn’t make up for the many I didn’t enjoy.

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    • Joshua Grant
      5.0 out of 5 stars An exploration of emotions
      Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2019
      Change can be scary. When we can’t see where the path is going, we become agitated, anxious, or defensive. Amy Lou Jenkins collects a number of essays and stories that navigate the many emotions that come with different shades of life change. It was interesting and enlightening to see different people’s perspectives on their different situations. Check this one out if you’re wrestling with a bit of change or maybe just want to broaden your horizons.
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    • Mary Ann
      4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful personal stories. Well written
      Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2018
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      Thoroughly enjoyed this book. it was like listening to the Moth Radio Hour. Some of the writing is excellent. i am looking forward to seeing some of these authors publishing more material.
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    • Michele C. Tamaren
      5.0 out of 5 stars Corners: Voices of Change and Courage!
      Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2018
      Corners: Voices on Change makes real the depths of emotion in the midst of chaos and confusion. Each author looks pain in the eye, clears their own vision, and gazes toward eventual healing. I was especially moved by Electing to Love written by Dawn Cogger. Dawn shares her gift of truth-telling as she rides waves of tumult while searching for peace and love in her home and in our world.
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