Author JA Jance - the Poetry of Survival, plus her new novel 'The Girl from Devil's Lake'

About this episode

Neil Scott interviews author Judy Jance about her journey through recovery and her latest novel.

RC2C host Neil Scott welcomes a dear friend - author Judy Jance -who has had over 50 books on the NY Times 'Best Seller List ', including a long-running series of books featuring JP Beaumont, a Seattle police detective who found recovery, following a 'literary intervention'. Her latest book is 'The Girl from Devil's Lake ,' a Joanna Brady mystery novel. Judy spent 13 years living with a chronic alcoholic before she finally divorced him, and he died a little over a year later. During that time, she wrote a number of poems chronicling her journey. That book is called 'After the Fire'. Judy talks about that book, and also reads a couple of poems from the collection in this podcast! And today's 'Last Word' comes from actor Charlie Sheen on making decisions in recovery.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Scott

Guest: Judy Jance

Topics covered

• literary intervention
• recovery
• poetry
• mystery novels
• personal journey

Keywords

• Judy Jance
• recovery
• poetry
• The Girl from Devil's Lake
• After the Fire
• Charlie Sheen

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Girl from Devil's Lake, After the Fire

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