Growing My Way Home

Sad, shocking, and truthful, Growing My Way Home chronicles one woman’s struggle through events all too common among a people who have been separated from their culture and their language. From abuse to early involvement in the criminal justice system, from her experiences as a thirteen-year-old drug dealer, a fifteen-year-old parent, and finally an award-winning writer, artist, and filmmaker, Jenn Ashton has survived it all. A work of autofiction based on her teenage journals and fifty years of lived experience, Growing My Way Home documents a long journey to acceptance and understanding.

Jenn Ashton is an award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author, visual artist, filmmaker, and historian. Her book of short stories, People Like Frank and Other Stories from the Edge of Normal (Tidewater Press 2020), was a finalist for the Indigenous Voices Award, and her personal essay “Qualifying Hymns” was a finalist for the 2024 National Magazine Awards. She is an authenticity reader for several top publishing houses. www.jenniferashton.ca