It Wasn't Meant to Be Perfect A Memoir Elise Juska Liyen ascends a precarious throne

Liyen ascends a precarious throne when her grandfather dies

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It Wasn't Meant to Be Perfect A Memoir Elise Juska Liyen ascends a precarious throneBy: Gaelynn Lea Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2026 04 14 Folk musician, Broadway composer, and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea's warm, funny, poignant memoir is a love letter to every kind of body, to music, and to making it work inspiring us to embrace all of life's experiences with heart and determination Gaelynn Lea was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Her parents were loving, cash strapped theater kids, and she grew up racing