Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice by Jane Cox, Jocelyn
Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice by Jane Cox, Jocelyn

Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice

"I spent almost the entirety of Motion Dazzle with my heart in my throat for one reason...
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Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice by Jane Cox, Jocelyn

Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice

$37.01
Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice by Jane Cox, Jocelyn

Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice

$37.01
Author: Jocelyn Jane Cox
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"I spent almost the entirety of Motion Dazzle with my heart in my throat for one reason or another." Tyler Feder, author of Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir and Bodies Are Cool

Former competitive figure skater and coach Jocelyn Jane Cox is desperate to care for her toddler and her ailing mother, all while preparing to host a fabulous zebra-themed first birthday party at her house. As a new parent whose supportive mom is slipping away with dementia, she finds herself spinning in the middle of the so-called "sandwich generation".

Cox draws on the strengths she learned while competing with her older brother as her partner. On the ice, she battled injuries and uncertainties while trying to dazzle audiences, discovering along the way that we can love and hate an activity in equal measure, and that "faking it 'til you make it" can be a viable way forward. As an adult, Jocelyn leans into performance and distraction as coping strategies while demonstrating a capability we all have: to find moments of celebration alongside pain.

Splicing her own early motherhood with memories of her single mother's TLC, Cox's choreography takes readers around the rink of a high stakes sport and into the stands...where her mother, a bit of a mystery, sits quietly amid the ovation. Motion Dazzle shines a spotlight on the life cycle and how we

pass love from one generation to the next.



Author: Jocelyn Jane Cox
Publisher: Vine Leaves Press
Published: 09/30/2025
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9783988321718

About the Author
Jane Cox, Jocelyn: - Jocelyn Jane Cox holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in English Literature with a focus on Creative Writing. She competed in the United States Figure Skating Championships with her older brother, Brad, four times (twice in pair skating and twice in ice dance). She has been coaching kids, teenagers, and adults in both skating and writing for over 25 years.Her previous books include The Homeowner's Guide to Greatness: How to handle natural disasters, design dilemmas and various infestations like a champ (2012) and First Day on the Ice: Tips from a Professional Skating Coach (And Mom) (2018). Her creative nonfiction was included in the anthology Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness, edited by Diane Gottlieb (ELJ Editions, 2023). Among other publications, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Newsweek, Good Men Project, WIRED, Belladonna Comedy, The Offing, HAD, Cleaver, Litro Magazine, Literal Latte, and Colorado Review. Her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives with her son and husband in the Hudson Valley of New York.For more information and to reach out to Jocelyn, visit her website at www.jocelynjanecox.com.

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