Jackson, MARNI

Marni Jackson is a journalist, broadcaster and author. Formerly the Rogers Chair for Creative Writing at Banff and senior editor at The Walrus, Jackson has a wide range of experience in the Canadian media. She is the author of the bestselling The Mother Zone: Love, Sex and laundry in the Modern Family, as well as Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign. She lives in Toronto. Visit her website at marnijackson.com. (Photo credit: Geoff George)


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Home Free
From the author of the best-selling The Mother Zone, comes a comic narrative about an over-anxious mother and her twenty-something over-adventurous son.

Home Free is about the last secret lap of parenting: getting ...


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Marni Jackson at the University of Toronto
Join author Marni Jackson as she shares insights from her new book HOME FREE: THE MYTH OF THE EMPTY NEST with parents and families. Hosted by the University of Toronto. To register for the evening or for more information, please visit ...

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Recent Media for Marni Jackson' HOME FREE
HOME FREE: THE MYTH OF THE EMPTY NEST, the newly released memoir from author Marni Jackson, has been getting a lot of attention in the media lately. Marni was featured on CBC Radio’s “Metro Morning” on September 28, where she sat down with Karen ...

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{REVIEW} HOME FREE in the Globe and Mail
"Memoir is a tricky business, because it demands the writer find ways to make her unique experience resonate. It must chart a course between the details of an individual life and whatever more general meaning can be found in those details. Kids, ...

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Toronto Public Library's "Thought Exchange" Series with Marni Jackson
Join Marni Jackson, Toronto journalist and author of HOME FREE: THE MYTH OF THE EMPTY NEST, on January 17, 2011 as she examines the last secret lap of parenting: getting through your kids' twenties and learning how to let them go. When: January ...

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