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Joni Rodgers
New York Times bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family of gospel/bluegrass performers and grew up on stage, opening for huge-haired country music legends of the 60s and 70s. She continued performing until 1994, when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She used the chemo... show more

New York Times bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family of gospel/bluegrass performers and grew up on stage, opening for huge-haired country music legends of the 60s and 70s. She continued performing until 1994, when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She used the chemo downtime to complete her first two novels and went on to author, coauthor and ghostwrite more than a dozen bestselling books, both fiction and nonfiction.Married to jet plane mechanic/wine maker Gary Rodgers since 1983, Joni is the proud mother of two fine young adults. She lives in Houston, Texas and is represented by William Morris Endeavor, New York."Joni Rodgers lives, loves and writes without a safety net." ~ Entertainment Weekly"Rodgers' strength is a womanly wise, laugh-through-tears appreciation of life." ~ Publishers Weekly
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Birth date: January 29, 1962
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theatreloverslittlebooknook
theatreloverslittlebooknook rated it 7 years ago
An inspiring autobiography! As well as light hearted , entertaining and education. a great read for any aspiring actor or fan of Kristin's I hope she makes on of her whole life when she is old and gray but until then this is one of my favorite nonfiction books :)
theatreloverslittlebooknook
theatreloverslittlebooknook rated it 7 years ago
An inspiring autobiography! As well as light hearted , entertaining and education. a great read for any aspiring actor or fan of Kristin's I hope she makes on of her whole life when she is old and gray but until then this is one of my favorite nonfiction books :)
bookjunkie57
bookjunkie57 rated it 9 years ago
I found this Kristin’s musing on life interesting and loved the behind the scenes look at Broadway learning more about her. However, this is the first time I’ve found lack of order in a memoir to be distracting. It seemed all over the place. I have no idea if things happened when she was 22 or 32. K...
debbiekrenzer
debbiekrenzer rated it 9 years ago
4.5 Stars! #TheHurricaneLover @BookBuzz.net @JoniRodgers Available 12/10/15 I really liked this book a lot! Although it grossed me out really thinking about what was in those waters after the hurricane hit in New Orleans. I guess I knew it was bad, but I never really actually thought about what ...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
I read this pre-cancer and it was heartbreaking and funny and poignant and post-cancer it's even more of those things cause I can empathise.
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