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In the Care of Strangers

By (author): Jenn Ashton

Sad, shocking, and truthful, Growing My Way Home chronicles one woman’s struggle through events all too common among a People who have been separated from their culture and their language. From abuse to early involvement in the criminal justice system, from her experiences as a thirteen-year-old drug dealer, a fifteen-year-old parent, and finally an award-winning writer, artist, and filmmaker, Jenn Ashton has survived it all. A work of autofiction based on her teenage journals and fifty years of lived experience, Growing My Way Home documents a long journey to acceptance and understanding.

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Jenn Ashton

Jenn Ashton is an award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author, visual artist, filmmaker, and historian. Her book of short stories, People Like Frank and Other Stories from the Edge of Normal (Tidewater Press 2020), was a finalist for the Indigenous Voices Award, and her personal essay “Qualifying Hymns” was a finalist for the 2024 National Magazine Awards. She is an authenticity reader for Penguin Random House USA. Jenn is currently a postgraduate in history at the University of Edinburgh, focusing on colonization and women in early modern medicine.


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Dimensions:

208 Pages
8.5in * 216mm * 140mm * 5.5in * 0.625in16mm
11.5oz
325gr

Published:

April 07, 2026

Publisher:

Talonbooks

ISBN:

9781772017038

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Biographical & Autofiction

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Language:

eng

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