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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (novel)

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1990 novel by Kaylie Jones
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.

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.

Footnotes

  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.
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