Dear Daughter
A Novel
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نقد و بررسی
June 2, 2014
Jane Jenkins, the heroine of Little’s assured fiction debut, single-mindedly pursues one goal when she’s released from a California women’s prison. After serving 10 years of her sentence for the 2003 murder of her mother, socialite and philanthropist Marion Elsinger, she wants desperately to find out if she was indeed the culprit. Public opinion, led by the media and including crime blogger Trace Kessler, strongly leans toward belief in her guilt. Armed with a false persona, Jane disappears from the public eye and even her lawyer’s protection to follow the slimmest of leads into her secretive, tempestuous mother’s mysterious past in tiny, decaying Adeline, S.Dak., and its mirror community of Ardelle. Little (Trip of the Tongue: Cross-Country Travels in Search of America’s Languages) effectively intersperses outside perspective in the form of emails, text messages, and other communications in Jane’s entertainingly caustic first-person narrative (e.g., “Multi-tools are like insults, girls—you should always have one on hand”). Agent: Kate Garrick, DeFiore and Company.
July 1, 2014
Agatha Christie meets Kim Kardashian in this sharp-edged, tart-tongued, escapist thriller.Author of two nonfiction books (Trip of the Tongue, 2012, etc.), Little makes her fiction debut with a stylishly written tale that plays off our culture's obsession with celebrity scandal. "Janie Jenkins, the infamous Hollywood celebutante," was known for her notoriety rather than for anything she ever did, until she was convicted of murdering her mother. From the preponderance of circumstantial evidence, it seems plain that she did it-or that she was framed. And though she had motive enough-there was little love lost between the two-her memories of that evening (like many evenings) are so hazy that she really isn't sure whether she did it or not. Now, after 10 years in jail, Janie is freed on a convenient technicality, and she embarks on a secret mission to discover the truth-about her mother, about herself-while celebrity journalists and a particularly zealous blogger try to figure out where she's gone. Says Janie: "It's hard to maintain your innocence when so many people are so sure you're not. It's impossible when you're not sure of anything at all-other than the awful, inescapable fact that you hadn't particularly liked your own mother." Her quest leads her (somewhat implausibly) to a town in South Dakota where five families have a long lineage from the days of gold fever. Amid this close-knit community, which is "like a Thanksgiving dinner that never ends," Janie tries to discover who her mother really was, who her father really was, who she really is, and what her lawyer knows that she doesn't. The town is like one of Christie's closed rooms-someone who lives there holds the key to all the secrets, and that person may well be her mother's murderer. Unless Janie is.This is breezy reading: nothing too deep or disturbing, and stronger on style than plot.
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July 1, 2014
Former celebrity Janie Jenkins gets out of jail on a technicality after serving 10 years for killing her high-society mother. She doesn't remember doing it, but she didn't like her mother very much; still, once out of jail, she's determined to determine what really happened. Janie is smart, but she has a smart mouth, too, which tends to put people off. Her attorney, Noah, is on her side, but she has a hard time telling himor anyone elsethe truth. Meanwhile, tabloid reporter Trace is after her, convinced she's guilty and willing to put his money where his mouth is, offering a large reward for her whereabouts. Janie digs into her mother's past, which leads her to Ardelle, South Dakota, a small town filled with small-town secrets and a cast of quirky, sketchy characters, including a suspicious police chief; but Janie keeps them all guessing. It seems that the more she finds out, the more she needs to know as the mystery continues to deepen. Janie is an unusual protagonist who will intrigue readers who favor strong, smart women.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)
June 1, 2018
Jane Jenkins is a snarky celebutante, famous for being famous, until she is convicted of the murder of her wealthy socialite mother. After being released from prison on a technicality, Janie tracks down the one lead she has on the real killer and is startled by what she uncovers about her mother's past in small-town South Dakota. VERDICT Clever, original, and darkly witty, this mystery's many twists will keep you on your toes. Little has infused a compelling page-turner with well-aimed jabs at the current social media-driven culture. (LJ 6/15/14)
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June 1, 2018
Imprisoned for reputedly killing her mother, former celebrity darling Janie Jenkins is released after ten years and starts hunting for the real killer, which leads her to realize that her mother's past was far different--and far less lovely--than she imagined. A big debut with an eight-city tour, multiple foreign sales, and rights optioned by Sony Pictures Television.
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Starred review from June 1, 2018
Janie Jenkins was a rich pain in the neck who lived in L.A. and had it all--until the night when she was arrested and then sentenced to prison for ten years for killing her mother. Now she is out on a technicality with people still calling for her blood. Especially a blogger known as Trace, who writes passionate screeds about why Janie should be put back in prison. Once out, Janie is determined to track down who really killed her mother as she is convinced she is innocent. Her journey takes her to a small South Dakota town where she meets quite the cast of characters in the local residents. VERDICT Little makes a thrilling debut with this gripping read. Fans of Tana French and Gillian Flynn are going to enjoy the smart narrator and the twists and turns in the case. [See Prepub Alert, 2/10/14.]--Robin Nesbitt, Columbus Metropolitan Lib., OH
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June 1, 2018
Janie Jenkins was a rich pain in the neck who lived in L.A. and had it all--until the night when she was arrested and then sentenced to prison for ten years for killing her mother. Now she is out on a technicality with people still calling for her blood. Especially a blogger known as Trace, who writes passionate screeds about why Janie should be put back in prison. Once out, Janie is determined to track down who really killed her mother as she is convinced she is innocent. Her journey takes her to a small South Dakota town where she meets quite the cast of characters in the local residents. VERDICT Little makes a thrilling debut with this gripping read. Fans of Tana French and Gillian Flynn are going to enjoy the smart narrator and the twists and turns in the case. [See Prepub Alert, 2/10/14.]--Robin Nesbitt, Columbus Metropolitan Lib., OH
Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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