Sarah Jio
Author of The Violets of March
About the Author
Works by Sarah Jio
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Associated Works
Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion (2014) — Contributor — 143 copies, 9 reviews
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- Birthdate
- 1978-02-18
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- novelist
magazine writer
radio commentator
blogger - Short biography
- Sarah Jio is a Seattle-based magazine writer and novelist. Her novels include The Violets of March (a Library Journal Best Book of 2011), The Bungalow, and Blackberry Winter. Sarah is also the health and fitness blogger for Glamour.com. She has written hundreds of articles for national magazines including Redbook, O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, SELF, Real Simple, Fitness, Marie Claire, Hallmark magazine, and many others. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition. Sarah lives in Seattle with her husband and their three young boys.
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Washington, USA
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Ho letto “Il diario di velluto cremisi” in un giorno solo. È un libro che si legge in fretta e si dimentica altrettanto in fretta, non lascia niente di niente. Personalmente lo trovo malscritto (e anche, probabilmente, maltradotto): un profluvio di aggettivi usati a caso (esempio: “possedeva un fascino impalpabile”, io il fascino palpabile non l’ho mai visto) e di figure retoriche così fruste che non sono più neanche figure retoriche (la mente recupera un ricordo e show more l’originalissima metafora è quella che accomuna il recupero di un ricordo al recupero di un file, complimenti per la creatività!). La trama è stucchevole e melensa, un’antologia di banalità da togliere il fiato: la protagonista-narratrice alle prese con un divorzio perché il marito ha trovato un’altra donna, va a trovare la vecchia zia sull’isola dove questa abita, e dove la protagonista reincontrerà il vecchio amore del liceo che le sta ancora dietro; lei, tuttavia, preferisce la storia travolgente con il figo dell’isola; dopo un po' di tira e molla con gli amici dell'isola, il marito fedifrago torna indietro ma ormai c’è il figo dell’isola, quindi non se ne fa niente; dulcis in fundo, il mistero dell’isola che ti attira a sé e ti lascia andare solo quando lo decide lei: non ho colto proprio nessuna analogia con Lost! Il tutto ruota attorno a un diario trovato per caso dalla protagonista: diario che racconta una storia di famiglia della protagonista, che guarda il caso è del tutto simile alla storia recente della protagonista. In sostanza è come leggere due inutili polpettoni noiosissimi in uno. Io per fortuna questo libro non l’ho comprato, me l’hanno regalato. Sarebbe opportuno che denunciassi chi me l’ha regalato e chiedessi all’autrice di risarcirmi delle quattro ore della mia vita che ho perso per leggere questo romanzaccio da quattro soldi, e che nessuno mi ridarà mai indietro. show less
As a lifelong book lover, GOODNIGHT JUNE really resonated with me. What if the inspiration for the children’s classic GOODNIGHT MOON could be traced to a shabby old bookshop on the verge of closing? Does it matter that the store made a huge impact on the lives of many Seattle children over the past 60 years? Is it worth saving, or have books lost the battle with the internet and online games?
Sarah Jio became a new favorite author of mine after her book BLACKBERRY WINTER blew me away. In show more GOODNIGHT JUNE, Jio has her trademark dual time periods to tell the story, this time with letters from the 1940s between the bookstore’s owner, Ruby, and Margaret Wise Brown, the author of GOODNIGHT MOON. When Ruby passes, her niece June, a successful banker in New York City, inherits the store. June’s first thought is to sell the property, but reading the letters makes her pause and question what’s truly important in life.
I was intrigued by the premise of this book, and I loved Jio’s fictional account of the inspiration behind Margaret Wise Brown’s most famous story. I also enjoyed watching June’s character grow as her love of Ruby’s bookstore was rekindled. I think some of what happened came together too quickly and neatly, but that really didn’t detract from my enjoyment. I loved the compelling cast of characters and the alluring Seattle setting. I especially enjoyed getting to know more about Margaret Wise Brown and the challenges she faced as a children’s author in the 1940s.
GOODNIGHT JUNE is a poignant story about love, loss, forgiveness, and family. It also speaks to us about the importance of instilling a love of reading in our children, because books expand their minds and open their hearts. What could be more valuable than that?
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Sarah Jio became a new favorite author of mine after her book BLACKBERRY WINTER blew me away. In show more GOODNIGHT JUNE, Jio has her trademark dual time periods to tell the story, this time with letters from the 1940s between the bookstore’s owner, Ruby, and Margaret Wise Brown, the author of GOODNIGHT MOON. When Ruby passes, her niece June, a successful banker in New York City, inherits the store. June’s first thought is to sell the property, but reading the letters makes her pause and question what’s truly important in life.
I was intrigued by the premise of this book, and I loved Jio’s fictional account of the inspiration behind Margaret Wise Brown’s most famous story. I also enjoyed watching June’s character grow as her love of Ruby’s bookstore was rekindled. I think some of what happened came together too quickly and neatly, but that really didn’t detract from my enjoyment. I loved the compelling cast of characters and the alluring Seattle setting. I especially enjoyed getting to know more about Margaret Wise Brown and the challenges she faced as a children’s author in the 1940s.
GOODNIGHT JUNE is a poignant story about love, loss, forgiveness, and family. It also speaks to us about the importance of instilling a love of reading in our children, because books expand their minds and open their hearts. What could be more valuable than that?
Source: Review copy from the publisher show less
Luckily I didn’t have very high expectations for The Bungalow by Sarah Jio as I ended up struggling through it. It is a romance but unfortunately the romance comes at the cost of a believable story. This tale of nurses serving in the Pacific theatre during World War II was full of one-dimensional characters who make very poor choices. The main character, Anne, was so weak willed and wishy-washy that she drove me crazy. Her best friend, Kitty, did such a 180 degree turn in her personality show more that it was impossible to take this book seriously. Plus we had characters zipping off to Paris, during the war, at the drop of a hat, which I know would have been impossible. And don’t get me started on some of the strange coincidences that the readers were asked to accept. This author appears to disregards all facts and just delivers on the romance and the exotic setting of Bora Bora.
Obviously The Bungalow wasn’t a book for me and I think I will have to make sure to avoid this author in the future. show less
Obviously The Bungalow wasn’t a book for me and I think I will have to make sure to avoid this author in the future. show less
I'm a huge fan of dual-timeline books, particularly those set in WWII, and ALL THE FLOWERS IN PARIS by Sarah Jio did not disappoint. While both Caroline's story and Celine's story each kept me engaged, it was Celine's story that really had me turning the pages, rapt with attention (and emotion).
As so many dual-timeline plots have the present-day character's search for the history of the other as the primary plot point, it was refreshing, too, that Caroline had her own personal path to show more travel, alongside of her search to learn more about her apartment. show less
As so many dual-timeline plots have the present-day character's search for the history of the other as the primary plot point, it was refreshing, too, that Caroline had her own personal path to show more travel, alongside of her search to learn more about her apartment. show less
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