The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture
A Journey of Selfless Discovery — By Jeremy White
Media coverage of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture
Jeremy White signs “The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery” Saturday, August 12, at 2 p.m. at Blue Cypress Books.
THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE: A JOURNEY OF SELFLESS DISCOVERY: Author Jeremy White will sign his book at Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. in New Orleans, on Aug. 12 at 2 p.m. More information at www.bluecypressbooks.com.
Jeremy White: 2 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author signs and discusses his book “The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A journey of selfless discovery.” bluecypressbooks.com
When it came to inspiration for his debut book, Baton Rouge author Jeremy White found it in wife Edie White’s search for her biological family.
The result, “The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery,” was released Saturday.
The self-published work tracks the couple’s multi-directional adventure once Edie White, through AncestryDNA, learns that her father’s name is John Hart. Edie White, who was raised by a loving adopted family, in turn, discovers another new family and reaches out.
What unfolds in “The Little Girl” is “how the bombshell propels the two college sweethearts into this beautifully epic, transformational adventure that resolves a trio of daunting mysteries, including one plaguing an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans for two-thirds of a century,” according to a news release.
Also intriguing is that John Hart was a pacifist cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife.
The chapters detail the couple’s trips to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country to meet her far-flung new family.
“Some … see her as a wonderful expansion of their incredibly loving families. Others see her as a bona fide miracle. And at least one person considers Edie the answer to a long-secret prayer that she didn’t expect to receive until the afterlife,” the release also says.
The book is filled with happy reunions, including one involving a local bookstore, that the author describes as mind-blowing.
“Edie’s selfless agenda is the heart of this powerful story of healing, and sets it apart from other works about similar searches,” according to the release. “Our reluctant hero successfully dodges all the traps that could have turned this unicorn of a real-life family saga into a darker version of the insane yet heartwarming tale that it is.”
The 468-page hardcover book is available at LittleGirlBook.com or at Cavalier House Books, Denham Springs.
Come join us July 1st for the official launch of Jeremy White’s new book, The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture — “A tenured cynics hopeful book about familial DNA discoveries.”
The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery immersively reveals how the result of a DNA test propels a Baton Rouge couple into beautifully epic, transformational adventure that resolves a trio of daunting mysteries, including one plaguing an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans for two-thirds of a century.
When a Baton Rouge couple receives an unexpected DNA test result, it catapults them into an adventure to resolve three strange and overwhelming mysteries. Author Jeremy White will sign copies of his book The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture—A Journey of Selfless Discovery at Cavalier House Books. 2 pm–4 pm. Free, $30 for a signed copy. bontempstix.com.
Book launch
Ballast Book Co. in Bremerton is helping launch Jeremy White’s debut book “The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture.”
It’s about his wife discovering her biological family in 2018. Edie White solved a 65-year-old mystery that plagued a Ukrainian American family near Chicago, after initially finding immediate family in Renton.
White said four chapters tell of their trips to the Pacific Northwest, to Port Angeles, Seattle and Bothell. He said they found Ballast while checking out Bremerton as a place to live. He said that’s the same reason Kate Larson moved back to Kitsap and bought Ballast, buying out her former employer.
Ballast is located at 409 Pacific Ave. (Unit 202). After undergoing renovations, the indie bookstore is open seven days a week, and can be found online at BallastBookCo.com