Author | Kaylie Jones |
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Genre | Autobiographic fiction |
Published | Bantam Books, 1990 Akashic Books, 2003 (reissue) |
Media type | Book |
Pages | 203 |
ISBN | 9781888451467 |
OCLC | 59311418 |
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.
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