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"From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a funny, poignant, and highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever--both as a writer and a son. After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break when his novel sells to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis as she's known in the office, has fallen in love with James's candidly autobiographical novel, one that exposes his own dysfunctional family.…
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Editions
7 editions- Hardcover · English · 2019G.P. Putnam's Sons · 320 pages · 9780525537960
- Audiobook · English · 2019Penguin Audio · 9781984839596
- Other · English · 2020EditorPenguin Publishing Group · 352 pages · 9780525537984
- Other · English · 2019EditorThorndike Press · 528 pages · 9781432863272
- Other · English · 2019EditorHarperCollins Publishers Limited · 320 pages · 9780008333249
- Other · English · 2019EditorPenguin Publishing Group · 310 pages · 9780525542995
New york (n.y.), fictionFiction, historicalFiction, family life, generalFiction, historical, generalFictionFICTION / LiteraryFICTION / Family LifeFICTION / Historical
