**From the bestselling author of _Lily and the Octopus_ comes a heartwarming and 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 fin
The Editor
β Scribed by Steven Rowley
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- G P Putnam's Sons, 2019
- ISBN
- 052553797X
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β¦ Synopsis
From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a heartwarming and 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: Jackie Kennedy. 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. But when the book's forthcoming publication threatens to unravel already fragile relationships, both within his family and with his partner, James finds that he can't bring himself to finish the manuscript.
With her shrewd drive and intuition, Jackie pushes James to write an authentic ending, encouraging him to head home to confront the truth about his relationship with his mother. But when a...
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