Growing Up Between Stops on the A-Train : J.Y. Johnson-Garcia : 9781733956017 : 1733956018 : 07 Nov 2019 : Read hit songwriter Jennifer "JJ" Johnson's award-winning new memoir release and incredible true story! Winner!!! 2020 14th Annual NIEA Awards Winner!!! 2020 NYC Big Book Awards Winner!!! 2020 Kindle Book Awards A Colorado girl with type 1 diabetes beats tough odds to become a hit songwriter in New York City. But can she survive life offstage? Jennifer Johnson is blessed with a beautiful singing voice but cursed with type 1 diabetes and stepparents who are dead-set on making her life miserable. By seventeen, Jennifer leaves home and supports herself through her senior year of high school. But she has much more to prove. Determined, Jennifer kisses Colorado goodbye and sets off on a one-way trip to New York City. However, on Jenn's arduous ascent towards success, youthful naivete, poor life choices, and unexpected hard knocks set her on the rockiest road to dreams com