Jessica Keener

Time to Make the Donuts
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Night Swim, a novel
16-year-old Sarah, a gifted singer from an upper middle class Jewish family, tells the story of her family following the tragic loss of her mother. Set in suburban Boston in the late 1960s.

Body Chemistry, a novel
College grad, Elizabeth Gold, learns she has contracted a fatal illness called Aplastic Anemia. The difficult news sends her on a search for a cure, but she quickly learns the options are high risk. In the process she faces ambiguities in family relationships, a failing romance, and an influx of caretakers, including an eccentric faith healer and an entrepreneurial apartment mate. A novel about the healing power of love.

The Afterlife of Louis Brown, A Boston Globe Magazine cover story. June 2002
How the murder of a Boston teenager became a force for change.

The Quiet Revolution
A personal story about aplastic anemia.