Howard J. Morris, Author, Jenny Lee, Author Simon Spotlight Entertainment $22.99 (246p) ISBN 978-1-4165-9505-2
In this comic relationship self-help, semi-functional (but self-aware) couple Lee and Morris-brandishing their credentials as ""a major nut bag"" and ""a genuine dunce,"" respectively-boil down the whole of male-female relationships to a simple,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jenny Lee. Flatiron, $18.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-23643-2
TV writer Lee modernizes Anna Karenina with a heavy serving of Gossip Girl in her ambitious YA debut. Seventeen-year-old Anna K, who is half-Korean and half-white, sits at the center of her elite Connecticut private high school social scene. Though...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rachel Lee, Author, Jenny Lee, Author Mira Books $5.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-55166-554-2
The first of a trilogy, this novel examines the tragic repercussions of secrets and guilt on a family. When widow Meg Williams's 14-year-old daughter, Allie, runs away, the distraught mother turns to the man who had been her husband's best friend,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jeanne Lee, Author, Handprint, Author, Jenny Lee, Author Front Street $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-886910-00-3
Reflecting a combination of delicacy and strength, this translation of an ancient Chinese poem tells of a girl named Mu Lan, who, disguised as a man, goes to war in her father's place, and fights for 12 hard years before returning home. The song-like
READ FULL REVIEW
Helen Elaine Lee, Author, Jenny Lee, Author Scribner Book Company $21 (384p) ISBN 978-0-689-12193-7
In her impressive debut novel, Lee uses strong, vivid language and fine dialogue to chronicle the lives of members of two Midwestern African American families from the early days of the century to the present. Eula Smalls, her son LaRue and her...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jenny Lee, Author Workman Publishing $18.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7611-2599-0
Were Candace Bushnell to chronicle her first year of marriage, it might look something like former New Yorker-about-town Lee's frank, witty account of coming to terms with what matrimony really means. When the sparkles on her engagement ring have...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jenny Lee, Author Delacorte Press $20 (272p) ISBN 978-0-385-33785-4
Nearly every dog owner will be able to relate to some part of Lee's comic exploration of her obsession with Wendell, her wheaten terrier. Don't pick this up expecting to gain insight into a canine companion's psychology, however; this book deals...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jenny Lee, illus. by Kelly Light. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-062-23554-1
Ten-year-old Benji Wendell Barns-worth is constantly in and out of the hospital with a smattering of illnesses and allergies; he faints often, and he recently had an epileptic seizure. Getting a therapy dog—a gigantic, talking, Doritos-eating...
READ FULL REVIEW
ARTICLES
