Jan Haas

Moving Mountains Jan Haas

After the birth of her third daughter, Jan Haas finds herself back in the hospital fighting an invasive strep A infection, with less than a 20 percent chance of survival. Thirty days and five abdominal surgeries later, she awakens in the ICU attached to a ventilator. Scared and confused, Jan must dig up the courage to breathe and walk again, regain her health, and trust in the community around her. The droning rhythm of "two steps forward, one step back" is a constant as Jan moves through her illness. Journals, prose and verse tell the story of how Jan and the community of love around her move the mountain of illness, one stone at a time.