Jennifer Paller Girard wrote Next Year in Avaria in a twenty-day period during the last months of her life while fighting the symptoms of several debilitating diseases. Her inspiration for writing the book was the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Her hope was that the story would lift the spirits of the affected families and those who support Israel.
Jennifer was born in Vail, Colorado, and lived in Eagle, Colorado, most of her life. After receiving a doctorate in behavioral health from Arizona State University, she embarked on a career of helping people, including orphans in Vietnam, the homeless in Denver, cystic fibrosis patients in Children's Hospital Colorado, and many clients in her private counseling business. One of her favorite passions was travel. She visited forty-seven countries on six continents.
This was her final message in her own words: "I may be thirty-eight, but I lived the life of someone twice my age. I wouldn't change it for anything. I mean, except the becoming incurably, chronically ill. Thank you to everyone who touched my life in some way or taught me some kind of lesson. Live big, and don't waste a moment-I didn't. Bring our hostages home. Keep fighting for the Jewish people. You are loved." -Jenn
