Tour

by J.G. Debs

While she was planning an anniversary cruise, her husband of eleven years was planning their divorce. Mother, air traffic controller, and author, Jennifer thought she had it all until her husband left her. Devastated, she knew the only way to escape the daily reminders of everything she'd lost was to get out of the house. She submitted to adventure and went on a book tour. Her only pact in diving into the unknown in hopes of rediscovering herself was to talk to everyone.

Genres: Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

JG Debs has worked at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada for twelve years. She grew up in Berlin, Germany, but was born in Greenfield, MA.
Married nine years, she has one son and one daughter.
Her Bachelor's degree in Psychology was completed at UNLV and her Master's from Embry-Riddle is in Aeronautical science.
JG Debs loves the New York Times Crosswords (Mondays, sometimes Tuesdays ahem), the Blood Type Diet, coffee, coffee, coffee, and taking her kids to the park.
Bucket list: fencing, Taj Mahal, make it past 9 holes on golf course in less than four hours

Reviews

[Roger DeBlanck · Rating 5 out of 5]

In her first memoir, Back in Two Weeks, J.G. Debs offered a candid and courageous look into her life during the challenging time she joined and served in the Air Force. Now she returns with an equally honest and intimate narrative titled Tour about how she overcame the anguish of her divorce. In order to get out of the house and stop crying after her husband of eleven years left her, she decided to go on a tour promoting her first book. As she set out to various cities ranging from Seattle to Boston, she wanted to remain impersonal regarding her life. However, that became impossible, and the tour offered her the much needed opportunity to open up. The tour became the instrument through which she could break out of her duress and talk to people everywhere. While back in the Boston area, she found herself promoting and talking up her book through a veterans' nonprofit charity group. She found herself helping vets and others in ways she'd never expected. In fact, everywhere she went, encountering the unexpected seemed to become the norm, and in the process she learned how to go along with life's circumstances. The narrative is unique in that it works back and forth between specific days and tour dates. It starts with her showing us how she's succeeding in meeting people, and then it takes us all the way back to the point of facing the pain of her dissolving marriage and the eventual divorce. The memoir reads quickly and has a strong humanistic feeling throughout as she shares the many memorable interactions she has with people from all over the country. This is a book about finding yourself and believing recovery is possible. The memoir serves as Debs's catharsis, and its existence proves that she is very much back in control of her life.

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

J. G. Debs is a woman to be admired. Her personality and determination were strongly projected throughout the book. I will read more of her work as I see great depth in this author. Thank you for your service,but more so for the humility and humanity you have given since you've returned.