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The Editor

The Editor

Author(s): Steven Rowley

Location(s): New York City (NYC)

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

A poignant, highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever…

fter 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: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis as she’s known in the office, loves James’s candidly autobiographical novel, about his own dysfunctional family.

As Jackie and James develop an unexpected friendship, she pushes him to write an authentic ending, encouraging him to confront the truth about his relationship with his mother. But when a long-held family secret is revealed, he realises his editor may have had a larger plan that goes beyond the page…

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