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Resolutions
A Family in Stories
2020
First Published
3.85
Average Rating
172
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Molly May is barely a teenager, but she is adept at navigating extremes. Between her self-help-addicted and often-intolerant mother, Jasmine; rebellious and idealistic sister, Allie; and two younger brothers—Joey, who seems destined for stardom, and Myron, who seems destined for prison—she has her work cut out for her. Jasmine, a mother of four, is just trying to find some semblance of freedom. She dreams of finding relief from recurring energy 'shifts' that she attributes to a curse. It isn’t until her oldest, Allie, is brutally attacked, and everyone is reunited, that her energy shifts for good. Resolutions is an exploration of freedom and perspective through a coming-of-age lens. From the author: "In 2015, when I began this manuscript, America was at the precipice of major political and social shifts. Propaganda was infiltrating the internet in wide-reaching but familiarly divisive ways. Virtual industries promised that bean-bag chairs and bourbon-flavored donuts at work were too trendy to be capitalist, while factories across Middle America shut down and small towns began to atrophy..."

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Author

Jen Knox
Jen Knox
Author · 8 books
Author of The Glass City and After the Gazebo
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