Jubilee

There aren’t many true stories put in writing like Roxann Howell Dehlin’s – a wholly truthful narrative that illustrates who and what she survived. It was challenging for the author to write what she discovered so many years later surrounding the devastating quartet of health events that continue to affect her life since she was eight months old. This book documents a journey that highlights how she moved on from her past, and remarkably, at age 42, became seizure-free. In Roxann Howell Dehlin’s book about trauma, perseverance, and resilience, she became compelled to discover not only why she had a stroke at eight months old but also how she had survived a quartet of life-threatening traumas, all happening in the third week of August 1947. Besides the continuous support from her fraternal grandparents and some family members, Roxann considers her favorite horse, Jubilee, to be one of the most significant contributors to her recovery. The book holds a motivational quality that deconstructs the misinformation spread about the author, and condemns how the weaponization of language strengthened those who wanted to isolate her. This autobiography will highlight the author’s life and understand the importance of rising above the odds to succeed in life.