Struck by Joy

“I love your book! It should be required reading for every twenty year old, as a way to look at life and learn how to move forward with whatever comes. It’s truly beautiful in spirit and well-written too!” Linda Joy Myers, President of the National Association of Memoir Writers “This memoir is a primer in how to be happy. It’s a story about a woman who encountered marriage and family issues—more than her share—and confronted them with resourcefulness, faith, and a generosity of spirit that inspires everyone who knows her. Jeanne Fobes’ memoir should be required reading for all of us.” Dawn Thurston, author of Breathe Life into Your Life Story: How to Write a Story People Will Want to Read (Signature Books, 2007). “Jeanne’s memoir, Struck by Joy, is a book to be read and re-read and treasured for future generations. You will follow Jeanne’s zig zag path to a place of joy, and become able, yourself, to enjoy the wonder of being alive. It’s not about power and politics; it’s about love and joy. Read it and remember its message.” Martha Sarkissian, author of Living On a Fault “I have read your memoir with delight and with admiration for your writing skills. Your story brims with goodness and optimism and humor. You have survived difficult adjustments with resilience and with your faith in humanity intact. You have made your story interesting and readable…I like your character-drawing, especially of your beloved family. You have succeeded admirably in leaving a true, characteristic, positive, lively, loving memory of your life, and your parents’ lives, and your children’s childhood.” Pauline Abbott, genealogist, fellow memoirist