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Kathy Varner

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Kathy Varner lives in Richmond, Virginia. She’s a paralegal by trade, but a writer by passion. When she’s not working or writing, you may find her gardening, cooking, hiking with her Shelties, dancing to her husband’s bands, reading, and laughing. One day, she hopes that you will find her riding her bike through the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.

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Wacky on the Junk

$14.95

written by Kathy Varner


In this hilarious debut memoir, Kathy Varner reflects on a life lived on the fringes of ordinary. From an awkward childhood as the youngest of five, living off sweets and processed foods, to a wild adolescence of drinking, drugs, and Deadhead hijinks, to a harrowing career with social services, Kathy takes it all in stride, embracing the beauty and pain of life with a sardonic wit and a sense of adventure that remains undampened—no matter how wacky things get!


PRAISE FOR WACKY ON THE JUNK:

“Kathy Varner’s freewheeling memoir Wacky on the Junk takes readers on an engaging and spirited journey fueled by sugar (and a few other substances) and told with heart. If you came of age in the era of Wonder Bread and the Grateful Dead, this book speaks your language—and if you, like Varner, feel you were airdropped on the Island of Life, Wacky On The Junk might just have some of the survival tools you need.”

— Anne Sofee, author of Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love


“. . . an honest and candid account of a young woman’s coming of age. . . . Kathy shows just how positively one can turn a seemingly hopeless life around and become a more complete person, by pure depth of character or simply growing up and seeing the error of one’s ways. Thought-provoking and reflective. . . .”

—Matt McAvoy, author of Granjy’s Eyes, Kill the Witch!, Clouds, and The Black Line

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