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Still Standing

What I've Learnt from A Life Lived Differently

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Jess Quinn is, in her own words, quite literally a walking miracle. Her body has been completely restructured so that she could survive an aggressive cancer.

Jess's leg was amputated just before her ninth birthday, and she has had to adapt to living with a prosthetic leg. The challenges Jess has faced ever since have given her a unique outlook. Growing up, she felt alone in her difference, but she has learnt that the one thing people have in common is that we are all different.

She is on a mission to normalise 'different', speaking out on social media, creating diversity through her work as a model and helping people see we have a choice over how we respond to hardship.

This is a story of body acceptance, finding ways to live through life's adversities, and perseverance.

Jess's inspirational 'you've got this' attitude has seen her through every struggle she's faced. Her philosophy embraces the fact that none of us gets to keep the body we were born in; we all bear scars that become part of our stories. She's learnt to change the narrative and be grateful for what she can do, rather than focusing on the things she can't.

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      July 29, 2022
      Quinn is a childhood cancer survivor who had to have her leg amputated at nine years old, replacing it with a prosthetic one. She faced being different from an early age, and has had to conquer barriers both physical and emotional. Quinn worked hard to overcome the fears of what others may think and of her limitations, and is at a place where she no longer lets that stand in her way. While positive, the memoir is not sappy. Quinn grounds herself in the here and now, focusing on her modeling and on fitness. She has had to tell the story of the accident that started everything off and her eventual cancer diagnosis many times. She details the ways her family coped and the surrealness of looking back at medical records and photographs. Readers will feel the energy of this little fighter (her own nickname) persevering. The physical and emotional pain can be overwhelming, and Quinn doesn't sugarcoat her experiences. Instead, she gives the reader insight into the changes in perspective that allowed her to reshape her narrative.

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