Proof of Life

Praise for Proof of Life

“Jennifer Pastiloff’s writing never fails to amaze me, with its depth of honesty and wisdom, and that great sense of humor. I’m a huge fan.”
—Anne Lamott

“This book is medicine and magic. I read Proof of Life at a heartbreaking time, and it left me better than it found me. Jennifer Pastiloff has a gift for saying exactly what we need to hear in exactly the way we need to hear it. Proof of Life is compassionate, deeply funny, and full of wisdom.”
—Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful

“Proof of Life is the book I wish I’d had when I was younger. A beautiful reminder that shame isn’t our burden to carry, that our story is ours, and that no one ELSE, no matter what, gets to write that story. Through humor and tears, Pastiloff will inspire you to become your own permission slip, as you reclaim any parts of yourself you may have lost along the way.”
—Monica Lewinsky

“In Proof of Life, Jennifer Pastiloff dares to teeter while daring us to acknowledge that she sees us teetering. The book is a wonderful example of radical hope in motion.”
—Kiese Laymon, New York Times bestselling author of Heavy

“With Proof of Life, Jennifer Pastiloff is using a literary platform to dismantle and reconfigure all that makes life worth its agonies and ecstasies. She does this by endorsing herself as the great experiment that prevails, the raw and beautiful power of example that she has come to be.”
—Josh Brolin, author of From Under the Truck and Academy Award nominee