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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, who was the daughter of James Jones. 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.[1]

This novel was first published in 1990 by Bantam Books. It was most recently reissued in 2003 by Akashic Books.

This novel was also adapted for the screen as A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries[2] by James Ivory in 1998.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Cohen, Ellen R (1 June 1990). Library Journal. 115 (10): 178.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. ^ "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries". September 18, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018 – via IMDb.