Jessica Sebastian Releases Memoir on Stroke Recovery Journey
United States, 29th Nov 2025 – Most people start a new year with optimism and resolutions. For Jessica Sebastian, the beginning of 2023 brought a fight for survival. The Pittsburgh-based HR professional was hosting a cheerful New Year’s brunch when her life changed suddenly. A blood vessel in her brain ruptured, causing a hemorrhagic stroke that left her unable to move, speak, or see. Thanks to her friends’ quick actions, phoning ahead and getting her to the hospital, the emergency room staff and neurosurgeon were waiting and able to save her. In her new memoir, Stroke of Reality, Jessica reflects on the shocking event and the long, emotional journey that followed.
The memoir begins with the day everything came to a halt. Jessica describes collapsing in front of her closest friends, waki...
