Team Manitoba-Jones skip Jennifer Jones directs her teammates as they play Team Alberta in qualifications at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Curling dragged a shy introvert into the spotlight because she was so good at the sport.
Jennifer Jones chronicles her evolution from the youngster who snuck out of the St. Vital Curling Club daycare to sit behind the glass and watch her parents throw stones to international stardom in Rock Star: My Life On and Off the Ice released Tuesday by HarperCollins.
The Winnipeg skip who led her teams to an Olympic gold medal, two world championships and six Canadian titles wrote the memoir after retiring from team curling in 2024.
“It was really actually almost therapeutic for me to go through all the stories,