Smile Again, Jenny Lee

by Carlo Caldana

Overview

Jenny Lee is an outspoken and temperamental tennis star whose career is brought to an end following a mysterious accident. After her agent runs away with her money, Jenny finds herself struggling to find financial support and restart her career. Desperate for help, she searches for her father who abandoned her when she was a child. She soon tracks down a man with a shady past who left a trail of family secrets and intrigues. Her search also leads her to uncover the mystery of her accident.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492102557
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/27/2013
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Writer and filmmaker Carlo Caldana is the author of two other novels, "The Wallenstein Testament" and "The Amesbury Legacy". His play "Two Brides and the Check, Please!" was called a delightful farce by the San Francisco Bay Time. His films, written and directed under the name Carl Caldana, received international acclaim and awards. "Smile Again, Jenny Lee" is also a film based on this novel.

You can find out more about Carlo Caldana's work at www.carlocaldana.com.

Editorial Reviews

10/13/2014
With a blow to the knee, a thug ended the professional career of tennis star Jenny Lee, the protagonist of this middling suspense yarn set in San Francisco. Broke and despairing, Jenny has little to hope for until she’s approached by a lawyer, Charles Landale, who’s looking for her estranged father, Howard Dancy. Landale states that he needs to resolve some important legal matters with Howard, and Jenny guesses that it involves some money that she could eventually inherit. She soon realizes that Landale has not been straight with her about who he is, or why he’s seeking her parent. Jenny proves a decent amateur sleuth as she tries to learn her father’s whereabouts, though she benefits from an unlikely string of good luck. Caldana (The Wallenstein Testament) offers solid prose that compensates only in part for a meandering plot and a less than satisfying resolution. (BookLife)

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