A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (novel)

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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
First edition
AuthorKaylie Jones
GenreAutobiographic fiction
PublishedBantam Books, 1990
Akashic Books, 2003 (reissue)
Media typeBook
Pages203
ISBN9781888451467
OCLC59311418

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a semi-autobiographical novel by Kaylie Jones, the daughter of American author James Jones.[1] It describes her childhood in Paris in the 1960s, her struggles adjusting to her parents' adoption of a French boy, Benoit, and the family's later cultural transition when they return to the United States.[2] This novel was first published in 1990 by Bantam Books,[1] and was reissued in 2003 by Akashic Books. This novel was also adapted for the screen as A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries by James Ivory in 1998.[3]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 1990. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  2. Cohen, Ellen R (June 1, 1990). Library Journal. 115 (10): 178.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  3. "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries". Metacritic. Retrieved July 24, 2013.