Genre Autobiographic fiction Pages 203 ISBN 9781888451467 | Media type Book Originally published 1990 Page count 203 OCLC 59311418 | |
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Adaptations A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) Similar Lies My Mother Never Tol, Celeste Ascending, Speak now, The Anger Meridian | ||
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.
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 by James Ivory in 1998.
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