Local author/poet Jean Johns‘ new book, The Woman I am, is a poetic autobiography that gives readers an inside view of the author’s revolution from a fearful teenage virgin bride to a resilient, sometimes raunchy world traveler. Johns shares her life lessons with the lightest touch and great humor – letting us live through her experiences of world events such as WWII, JFK’s death, 9-11, and Y2K as well as her own personal journey as wife, mother, recovering alcoholic and survivor. Ultimately this book offers a message of love, faith and optimism in an intensely relatable, readable and enjoyable voice.