Review: Jackie Strong Self by Jackie TuLight

Jackie TuLight retraces the steps of her difficult life in Jackie Strong Self, a candid and clear-minded memoir with a dense focus on childhood neglect, nearly fatal injuries, systematic injustice, and overcoming trauma. While healing from years of illness and abuse, Jackie had to muster up her inner strength and faith in God to make her own way in life and become a leading computer technologist, resulting in a life story that is at once harrowing and uplifting. With an unadorned and direct style, Jackie Strong Self is an engaging and inspiring read for TuLight’s open honesty, telling a story that will resonate with anyone who has been outcasted or neglected by family, and showing how one can ultimately rise above past trauma.