Readers unfamiliar with Brown's works may not relate to Jio's many references to book titles, bunnies and the 'great green room,' but the novel provides an adequate diversion for those who enjoy light romance and mystery. Michele LeberĪ woman struggling with her past discovers a family connection to a classic children's book. This eminently readable novel with particular appeal for fans of children’s literature is a tribute to family and forgiveness. In unwinding a feel-good plot with a certain amount of predictability, Jio also provides some final twists as she reveals family discord in June’s life and long-held secrets in Ruby’s.

June vow to fight to keep financially fragile bookstore. Sarah lives in Seattle with her husband, Jason, and three young sons.

The Last Camellia and Morning Glory were both issued in 2013. Her second novel, The Bungalow, was published in December of the same year. Her first novel The Violets of March, published in April, 2011, was chosen as a Best Book of 2011 by Library Journal. She frequently tests and develops recipes for major magazines. Sarah has a degree in journalism and writes about topics that include food, nutrition, health, entertaining, travel, diet/weight loss, beauty, fitness, shopping, psychology, parenting and beyond. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition. She has written hundreds of articles for national magazines and top newspapers including Redbook, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Glamour, SELF, Real Simple, Fitness, Marie Claire, Hallmark magazine, Seventeen, The Nest, Health, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, The Seattle Times, Parents, Woman’s Day, American Baby, Parenting, and Kiwi. Sarah Jio is a veteran magazine writer and the health and fitness blogger for Glamour magazine. Education-B.A., Western Washington University.

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.Īmidst 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. ( From the publisher.) June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the “great green room” might have come to be. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight Moon.

Goodnight june by sarah jio