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The Advocate Reports on Launch of The Little Girl at the Bottom the Picture

The following was posted as a staff report on TheAdvocate.com on June 30, 2023, and printed in the Sunday, July 2, edition of The Advocate.

Mysteries solved: Baton Rouge’s Jeremy White recounts wife’s search for new family

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.

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Tenured Cynic Opens Up About Hopeful Book With Radio Host Jim Engster

Jeremy and Edie White atop Rattlesnake Ridge with the Cascades in the background

Author Jeremy White gives first live interview about his debut work

Baton Rouge, LA — May 1, 2023 — Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster recently chatted with author Jeremy White about his upcoming nonfiction book, The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery. The nearly ten-minute radio segment represents White’s first live interview about his hopeful memoir detailing how his wife, Edie, who was adopted at birth and raised by a loving family, discovered her biological family after altruistically submitting her DNA in early 2018.

White opens by explaining how the longtime satirist and former football official shed much of his identity—represented by his social media handle, comicref—just before the pandemic to focus on this deeply personal literary project about his wife of over 30 years. “It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.” Edie’s husband goes on to describe her as “the last person to ever bust into somebody’s life like the Kool-Aid Man.”

“It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.”

Engster then brings up the bombshell that propelled the two college sweethearts into this beautifully insane, life-altering adventure. White describes to listeners how AncestryDNA’s iPhone app sucker-punched Edie at work with news that John Hart—a beautiful, complicated man—is her biological father. The former teenage missionary was fragged in Vietnam before becoming a grad student at LSU, where the devout pacifist crossed paths with David Duke at Free Speech Alley in 1969. The headline-making incident is cited in two books about the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard.

Talk Louisiana connects listeners with Louisiana newsmakers through live interviews. Hosted by award-winning journalist and broadcast veteran Jim Engster, Talk Louisiana airs live every weekday at 9 a.m. on WRKF-FM, where it is later rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Listeners can hear White’s interview on the show’s podcast episode from April 17.

Jeremy White is a tenured cynic who penned this hopeful book. He founded South Louisiana’s premier satirical publication in 2004, eight years before relaunching the award-winning Red Shtick Magazine as its all-digital progeny, The Red Shtick. The passionate Cajun can often be heard on various popular radio shows as either a guest or a guest host. A longtime football official and Mardi Gras krewe captain, Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at LSU, where he and Edie met. They’ve been happily married since 1992 and live in Baton Rouge with their cat, Waffles.

White Lines Press (an imprint of Red Stick Comedy, LLC) is publishing the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1, but readers can pre-order signed copies at LittleGirlBook.com, where 1 in 20 customers will win a signed “lagniappe” copy. Signed hardcover editions are also available through partnered indie bookstores across the country, including Ballast Book Company in Bremerton, WA. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to [email protected].

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Tenured Cynic Opens Up About Hopeful Book With Radio Host Jim Engster

Jeremy and Edie White atop Rattlesnake Ridge with the Cascades in the background

Author Jeremy White gives first live interview about his debut work

Baton Rouge, LA — May 1, 2023 — Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster recently chatted with author Jeremy White about his upcoming nonfiction book, The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery. The nearly ten-minute radio segment represents White’s first live interview about his hopeful memoir detailing how his wife, Edie, who was adopted at birth and raised by a loving family, discovered her biological family after altruistically submitting her DNA in early 2018.

White opens by explaining how the longtime satirist and former football official shed much of his identity—represented by his social media handle, comicref—just before the pandemic to focus on this deeply personal literary project about his wife of over 30 years. “It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.” Edie’s husband goes on to describe her as “the last person to ever bust into somebody’s life like the Kool-Aid Man.”

“It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.”

Engster then brings up the bombshell that propelled the two college sweethearts into this beautifully insane, life-altering adventure. White describes to listeners how AncestryDNA’s iPhone app sucker-punched Edie at work with news that John Hart—a beautiful, complicated man—is her biological father. The former teenage missionary was fragged in Vietnam before becoming a grad student at LSU, where the devout pacifist crossed paths with David Duke at Free Speech Alley in 1969. The headline-making incident is cited in two books about the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard.

Talk Louisiana connects listeners with Louisiana newsmakers through live interviews. Hosted by award-winning journalist and broadcast veteran Jim Engster, Talk Louisiana airs live every weekday at 9 a.m. on WRKF-FM, where it is later rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Listeners can hear White’s interview on the show’s podcast episode from April 17.

Jeremy White is a tenured cynic who penned this hopeful book. He founded South Louisiana’s premier satirical publication in 2004, eight years before relaunching the award-winning Red Shtick Magazine as its all-digital progeny, The Red Shtick. The passionate Cajun can often be heard on various popular radio shows as either a guest or a guest host. A longtime football official and Mardi Gras krewe captain, Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at LSU, where he and Edie met. They’ve been happily married since 1992 and live in Baton Rouge with their cat, Waffles.

White Lines Press (an imprint of Red Stick Comedy, LLC) is publishing the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1, but readers can pre-order signed copies at LittleGirlBook.com, where 1 in 20 customers will win a signed “lagniappe” copy. Signed hardcover editions are also available through partnered indie bookstores across the country, including Blue Cypress Books and Octavia Books in New Orleans. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to [email protected].

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Tenured Cynic Opens Up About Hopeful Book With Radio Host Jim Engster

Jeremy and Edie White atop Rattlesnake Ridge with the Cascades in the background

Author Jeremy White gives first live interview about his debut work

Baton Rouge, LA — May 1, 2023 — Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster recently chatted with author Jeremy White about his upcoming nonfiction book, The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery. The nearly ten-minute radio segment represents White’s first live interview about his hopeful memoir detailing how his wife, Edie, who was adopted at birth and raised by a loving family, discovered her biological family after altruistically submitting her DNA in early 2018.

White opens by explaining how the longtime satirist and former football official shed much of his identity—represented by his social media handle, comicref—just before the pandemic to focus on this deeply personal literary project about his wife of over 30 years. “It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.” Edie’s husband goes on to describe her as “the last person to ever bust into somebody’s life like the Kool-Aid Man.”

“It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.”

Engster then brings up the bombshell that propelled the two college sweethearts into this beautifully insane, life-altering adventure. White describes to listeners how AncestryDNA’s iPhone app sucker-punched Edie at work with news that John Hart—a beautiful, complicated man—is her biological father. The former teenage missionary was fragged in Vietnam before becoming a grad student at LSU, where the devout pacifist crossed paths with David Duke at Free Speech Alley in 1969. The headline-making incident is cited in two books about the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard.

Talk Louisiana connects listeners with Louisiana newsmakers through live interviews. Hosted by award-winning journalist and broadcast veteran Jim Engster, Talk Louisiana airs live every weekday at 9 a.m. on WRKF-FM, where it is later rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Listeners can hear White’s interview on the show’s podcast episode from April 17.

Jeremy White is a tenured cynic who penned this hopeful book. He founded South Louisiana’s premier satirical publication in 2004, eight years before relaunching the award-winning Red Shtick Magazine as its all-digital progeny, The Red Shtick. The passionate Cajun can often be heard on various popular radio shows as either a guest or a guest host. A longtime football official and Mardi Gras krewe captain, Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at LSU, where he and Edie met. They’ve been happily married since 1992 and live in Baton Rouge with their cat, Waffles.

White Lines Press (an imprint of Red Stick Comedy, LLC) is publishing the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1, but readers can pre-order signed copies at LittleGirlBook.com, where 1 in 20 customers will win a signed “lagniappe” copy. Signed hardcover editions are also available through partnered indie bookstores across the country, including The Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to [email protected].

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Tenured Cynic Opens Up About Hopeful Book With Radio Host Jim Engster

Jeremy and Edie White atop Rattlesnake Ridge with the Cascades in the background

Author Jeremy White gives first live interview about his debut work

Baton Rouge, LA — May 1, 2023 — Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster recently chatted with author Jeremy White about his upcoming nonfiction book, The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery. The nearly ten-minute radio segment represents White’s first live interview about his hopeful memoir detailing how his wife, Edie, who was adopted at birth and raised by a loving family, discovered her biological family after altruistically submitting her DNA in early 2018.

White opens by explaining how the longtime satirist and former football official shed much of his identity—represented by his social media handle, comicref—just before the pandemic to focus on this deeply personal literary project about his wife of over 30 years. “It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.” Edie’s husband goes on to describe her as “the last person to ever bust into somebody’s life like the Kool-Aid Man.”

“It’s nothing short of a miracle,” White tells Engster and his audience, “that someone as private as Edie has come to see that her story is one that the world is begging to be added to the human narrative right now.”

Engster then brings up the bombshell that propelled the two college sweethearts into this beautifully insane, life-altering adventure. White describes to listeners how AncestryDNA’s iPhone app sucker-punched Edie at work with news that John Hart—a beautiful, complicated man—is her biological father. The former teenage missionary was fragged in Vietnam before becoming a grad student at LSU, where the devout pacifist crossed paths with David Duke at Free Speech Alley in 1969. The headline-making incident is cited in two books about the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard.

Talk Louisiana connects listeners with Louisiana newsmakers through live interviews. Hosted by award-winning journalist and broadcast veteran Jim Engster, Talk Louisiana airs live every weekday at 9 a.m. on WRKF-FM, where it is later rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Listeners can hear White’s interview on the show’s podcast episode from April 17.

Jeremy White is a tenured cynic who penned this hopeful book. He founded South Louisiana’s premier satirical publication in 2004, eight years before relaunching the award-winning Red Shtick Magazine as its all-digital progeny, The Red Shtick. The passionate Cajun can often be heard on various popular radio shows as either a guest or a guest host. A longtime football official and Mardi Gras krewe captain, Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at LSU, where he and Edie met. They’ve been happily married since 1992 and live in Baton Rouge with their cat, Waffles.

White Lines Press (an imprint of Red Stick Comedy, LLC) is publishing the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1, but readers can pre-order signed copies at LittleGirlBook.com, where 1 in 20 customers will win a signed “lagniappe” copy. Signed hardcover editions are also available through partnered indie bookstores across the country, including Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs and Red Stick Reads in Baton Rouge. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to [email protected].

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