Just Around the Corner

The intimate memoir of the longest serving woman politician in Newfoundland, a Indigenous survivor of child sexual abuse, an alcoholic family, a broken marriage, the grief of losing a child and a brother, and cancer. Twice.

Just Around the Corner is the story of Member of Parliament for Labrador Yvonne Rumbolt-Jones, an Indigenous girl from a Norther community who broke free of her geographic and political isolation to embrace opportunity in the world. It is the story of a woman who refuses to let the scars of the past define her, but rather to help her grow and understand that while we may not control the events that cause us great harm in life, we do control how we move forward, how we use those events to make ourselves stronger, more forgiving, and grateful for new days.

Rumbolt- Jones writes with confidence and candor about overcame the confusion and hurt of being child victim of sexual abuse, many dark days of grief and loss, as well as the stigma of being raised in an impoverished and alcoholic home to become a strong leader and voice for not only Canada's North, but women and Indigenous peoples.