Goodnight June -- Sarah Jio, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author of Always and Blackberry Winter takes Goodnight Moon as inspiration for this remarkable story of friendship, love, and the mystery behind this beloved classic.

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight Songs) is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the "great green room" might have come to be.

June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Ruby's estate and determine the fate of Bluebird Books, the children's bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s. Amidst the store's papers, June stumbles upon letters between her great-aunt and the late Margaret Wise Brown--and steps into the pages of American literature.

Author: Sarah Jio
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 05/27/2014
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.25w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780142180211
Age Range: 18-UP

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2014
Booklist 05/01/2014 pg. 78
Library Journal 05/15/2014 pg. 68
Shelf Awareness 05/30/2014

About the Author

Sarah Jio is the #1 international, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling author of eight novels. She is also a longtime journalist who has contributed to Glamour, The New York Times, Redbook, Real Simple, O: The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Woman's Day, Marie Claire, Self, and many other outlets, including NPR's Morning Edition, appearing as a commentator. Jio lives in Seattle with her three young boys.