Jenny Forrester has been published in a number of print and online publications including Seattle's City Arts Magazine, Nailed Magazine, Hip Mama, The Literary Kitchen, Indiana Review, and Columbia Journal. Her work is included in the Listen to Your Mother anthology, published by Putnam. She curates the Unchaste Readers Series in Portland, OR.
A Powell's Pick For May " The landscape and culture of west
Colorado are vividly evoked in an accomplished literary debut. A
modest, thoughtful memoir that traces hard-won liberation from the
past." ‾Kirkus Reviews " This is a moving memoir about how the
influence of family can remain long after people drift apart, and
how one never truly forgets the circumstances of one's
childhood....scenes truly read as if from a work of literary
fiction, with an excellent sense of place that makes the town into
a character. Forrester doesn't gloss over the difficult parts of
her life, but rather tells stories of how that adversity formed a
stronger individual." ‾ Jeff Fleischer, Foreword Reviews "Narrow
River, Wide Sky unwrites the story of family and America through
the flutter of hearts beating or beaten up, through a skull on the
piano, through the desert of our longings into the river of our
sorrow--or is it hope, or maybe love, that keeps us alive in spite
of ourselves. Jenny Forrester has hit the mother lode." ‾Lidia
Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water "Forrester's debut
memoir is a lyrical account of coming of age as a woman in the
West. Amid urgent geography, aching choices, and uncertain faith,
Forrester explores the moments and forces that hold us together and
shape our lives. This family flickers on the page like a
constellation; Forrester is both a star unto herself and an
inextricable part of the glowing whole." ‾Megan Kruse, author of
Call Me Home "Jenny Forrester writes about her complicated
relationship with her mother in moving, poetic prose, reminding the
reader that love is layered, human, and requires strength, wherever
you can find it." ‾Kerry Cohen, author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of
Promiscuity "Jenny Forrester's characters are as enigmatic as the
landscape they inhabit--at once rugged and sensitive, impoverished
and patriotic, hungry and enduring. This is a voice of the American
West we've rarely heard before; a deeply intelligent story that
asks, again and again, what it means to belong in a world that
wants to erase you." ‾Ariel Gore, author of The End of Eve "A taut
memoir about coming of age in the middle of nowhere where there are
no minor decisions. Narrow River, Wide Sky is a haunting, intimate
visit to the unforgiving landscape of life." ‾Mark Russell, author
of God Is Disappointed in You and Apocrypha Now "Narrow River, Wide
Sky is a courageous and unflinching journey through the elements
large and small that forge a feminist heart. Forrester's vulnerable
and engaging style leaves you wanting more." ‾Lasara Firefox Allen,
author of Jailbreaking the Goddess "The landscape and culture of
west Colorado are vividly evoked in an accomplished literary debut.
A modest, thoughtful memoir that traces hard-won liberation from
the past."
KIRKUS REVIEWS "This is a moving memoir about how the influence of
family can remain long after people drift apart, and how one never
truly forgets the circumstances of one's childhood....scenes truly
read as if from a work of literary fiction, with an excellent sense
of place that makes the town into a character. Forrester doesn't
gloss over the difficult parts of her life, but rather tells
stories of how that adversity formed a stronger individual."
JEFF FLEISCHER, FOREWORD REVIEWS "The West two ways: [Jenny
Forester's] new memoir, Narrow River, Wide Sky is an unsentimental
portrait of small-town Colorado, a formative environment that both
oppressed her and shaped her identity. The book explores the
complex forces of family, politics, and religion and her feminist
awakenings in a chauvinist world." ."
PORTLAND MONTHLY " Narrow River, Wide Sky by Jenny Forrester is an
impressive debut. Her story is raw, truthful, and unflinching. The
author has created a work that celebrates the sense of place,
especially the American West. ."
LESLIE DORAN, THE DURANGO HERALD " "Portland's -Hawthorne Books
continually publishes books that sound quiet but contain a force.
Jenny -Forrester's "Narrow River, Wide Sky: A Memoir" is one of
those books, the story of a small town west Colorado girl who
struggles to find a way out and a way to live." ‾Brian Juenemann,
The Register Guard
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