Outskirts Press is regularly impressed with the creativity of our self-publishing authors. It takes a great deal of discipline and devotion to produce a book — much less several! Today we tip our hat to a mother-daughter writing team responsible for several a series of inspiring memoirs — Cheryl Cusick and Jamie Lynn Cusick.
Together, the Cusicks have published four books through Outskirts Press that center on Jamie’s experiences with a neuromuscular disease, as well as the stories of others with similar experiences.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jamie Lynn Cusick is a 34-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia as a child. She has been in a wheelchair since age 11. She resides in Maryland with her parents. It has been Jamie’s long-time desire to share some of her experiences growing up while learning to live with Friedreich’s. This is her life. Cheryl Cusick is a wife, mother of two and grandmother of one. She agreed to help her daughter, Jamie, capture her memories of growing up while dealing with the devastating changes to her health as a result of a horrendous and relentless progressive neuromuscular disease. She resides in Maryland with her husband and daughter.
From Where I Sit: My Life and Struggles with Friedreich’s Ataxia
Take a roll with Jamie as she shares her life Friedreich’s Ataxia is a neurological disorder that causes damage to the peripheral nerves which carry signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and relay sensations to the brain and spinal cord from the rest of the body; damage to the cerebellum, a part of the brain that helps coordinate movements; damage to the heart. At this time, there is no treatment or cure for Friedreich’s Ataxia.
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Paperback
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream, 52 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Jul 19, 2011)
ISBN10: 1432776967
ISBN13: 9781432776961
Genre: SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success
Is It Too Controversial? Be Enlightened by My Deeper Understanding of the Meaning of Life
From the author of From Where I Sit: My Life and Struggles with Friedreich’s Ataxia comes this publication which dives into her beliefs about what is and what will be.
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Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream, 45 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Mar 30, 2012)
ISBN10: 1432790889
ISBN13: 9781432790882
Genre: PHILOSOPHY / Religious
Cynthia’s Story: Her Words of Fear, Strength and Courage
The author of From Where I Sit: My Life and Struggles with Friedreich’s Ataxia and Is It Too Controversial? Be Enlightened By My Deeper Understanding of the Meaning of Life presents Cynthia’s Story, the story of a girl in her senior year of high school who is diagnosed with FA and finds out firsthand what it is like to go from being popular and active to really depressed and unpopular. IMPORTANT NOTE: Friedreich’s Ataxia is a slow, progressive neuromuscular disease. What has happened to Cynthia in this story is just that – a story. The FA progression does not happen as quickly as depicted in this writing.
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Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream, 48 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Feb 18, 2013)
ISBN10: 1478711361
ISBN13: 9781478711360
Genre: FICTION / General
Jamie Lynn Cusick Presents “The Oddball Out”
What are your morals? What is your reasoning for doing a “good” action and a “bad” action? What is the difference, if any, between “right” and “wrong?” Is there such a thing?
My name is Jamie Lynn Cusick. I am a 34 year-old woman living with Friedreich’s Ataxia. FA is a life threatening neuro-muscular disease. The following are some actual events that took place in my life. I previously wrote about them briefly in my autobiography, but I feel that I should elaborate on some of the stories, hoping that others will stop and think about how their actions and words may make others feel.
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Paperback
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream, 34 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Sep 30, 2013)
ISBN10: 1478722169
ISBN13: 9781478722168
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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