Adoption-Themed Novel: Jesse’s Girl

in Books, Music & Movies

Adoptive dad Gary Morgenstein alerted me to his new novel, Jesse's Girl. The story is about a widowed father’s search for his troubled teen, who has run away from a wilderness treatment program.

Jesse's Girl Gary writes:

The story opens as a jarring phone wakes lifelong Brooklynite and widowed father Teddy Mentor well after midnight. It’s the Montana wilderness substance abuse program saying that his 16-year-old adopted son has run away… and they haven't a clue where he’s gone.

 Only two weeks earlier, Jesse had been taken to the program by escorts to deal with substance abuse problems. Jeopardizing his flagging PR job in New York, Mentor rushes across the country to find Jesse, who is off on his own quest: to find Theresa, the sister he's never known.

Gary’s previous novels are Take Me Out to the Ballgame and The Man Who Wanted to Play Center Field for the New York Yankees. His latest novel, Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman, a romantic triangle about a divorced middle-aged man who falls in love with a beautiful rabbi, was just published on Amazon.com. His play, Ponzi Man, played to sell-out crowds at a recent New York Fringe Festival.

*Note from Laura – I have not yet read Gary's novel, so this announcement is merely that: an announcement that I thought would interest those who like to read adoption-themed novels. Enjoy!

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1 Daisy Whitney May 13, 2009 at 9:53 AM

I’ve read this book and as an adoptive parent, it touched my heart. Gary Morgenstein’s story pulls no punches as he digs into the far and wide impact of adoption, parenting, troubled youth and most of all, family healing. I highly recommend!

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