Memoirs of an Ordinary Girl

“For years I tried to hide the truth, until I finally realized I was only hiding it from myself. Everybody else already knew.”

“Some kids get pimples. Me, I’m going blind.“

My name is Jennifer Finnegan. I’m eighteen years old and I just signed my first contract with one of the best ballet companies in America. I’m a confirmed worrywart, congenital hypochondriac, and bona fide nervous wreck. I also have a secret that nobody must ever find out: I’m going blind. Believe me, I know that blindness won’t stop you from living your life to the fullest, from fulfilling your dreams, or from being successful in life. But me? Who goes blind before they’re old enough to buy beer? And how the heck am I going to get to Paris?