Jill Gardenswartz Ebstein, WG’83 - Alumni News

I will be releasing my sequel to Alfred’s Journey to Be Liked this March. 

Hannah’s Journal to Be Happy is the story of a 15-year-old straight-A-all-the-way teenage girl who keeps a to-do list in her hip pocket and rides a fast autobahn toward personal achievement. Hannah is a writer, a sister, a best friend to Alfred, a chess player, and most notably, not happy. That is until Alfred has Hannah meet with Coach before heading out to the sleepy town of Terre Haute for the summer. There, she and her brother, Ben, spend time with their dad and his girlfriend, Lucy.

After meeting with Coach, Hannah comes to Terre Haute with two assignments. She is to:

  • scrap her to-do lists and learn to relax more.
  • use her journal to record moments when Hannah feels angry and unheard.

As the summer unfolds, everyone learns something — on the tennis court, in the kitchen, through a family book group, and more. The most important lessons, though, are what they learn about themselves, and it all begins with Hannah’s journal.

For more about my writing, please visit www.jillebstein.com

If you would like to sign up to be on my distribution of pieces, please email me at [email protected]


Contact Jill at:
[email protected]
617.527.2517

 

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