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Jillayne Arena
Jillayne Arena has a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She makes her home with her husband and w...view moreJillayne Arena has a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She makes her home with her husband and wishes her grown children were closer. Each day has been a gift of the ironies and absurdities one can only see with a survivor’s eyes. She has taught college level Management classes, coached a middle school forensics team to a State championship, rehabbed a Frank Lloyd Wright house, found relatives back to the 1700’s, and run a hot dog stand to benefit high school athletics. She has sewn dozens of quilts and her daughter’s wedding dress, nursed her parents, buried dead birds, written Letters to the Editor, campaigned for politicians promising better health care, knocked together flat pack furniture, and grown some pretty amazing geraniums. She prays for those who read her book that they might step back.view less