(Posted by Douglas Cole on Amazon.com on April 12, 2024)
5 Stars
Nightmares in publishing!
Fans of stories about the behind-the-scenes of publishing (I’m thinking of some recent delights such as My Salinger Yearby Joanna Rakoff, or the classic The Devil Wears Prada) will want to go out and buy this book immediately! Told with humor, tenderness and insight, The War on Sarah Morris takes inside the world of publishing in Toronto. Like the earlier-mentioned predecessors, Kathleen Jones’ book is not without its gritty, sometimes cringy moments of work at the bottom! Low pay, little respect, capricious decisions from managers…it’s a true story of life in the publishing trenches as business models evolve or even devolve! The beauty is in the writing and the character of Sarah Morris who deals with adversity with intelligence and pluck! As the title indicates, it’s a war! But it’s not without its surprises, and Jones takes us through the journey offering examples of how to survive and thrive in the most brutal artistic business of all.
Kathleen Jones, The Quirky Novelist 