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‘The Little Girl Book Podcast’ Features Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Memoir Set in Chicago

Author Jeremy White shares The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture with listeners

Baton Rouge, LA — November 7, 2023 — In the latest White Lines Press publication, The Little Girl Book Podcast features author Jeremy White sharing his new book about his wife discovering her biological family in 2018 and the insanely beautiful, transformational journey that ensued. The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery details how Edie White solved a mystery that had been plaguing a gangster-adjacent, Ukrainian American family in northwest Indiana for 65 years, but only after initially learning that her pacifist father is cited in two books for challenging David Duke with a bloody knife at LSU.

“The Little Girl Book Podcast promises to deliver moving excerpts from our powerful story about healing, as well as personal insights from the book,” White says in the show’s 91-second trailer. “We’ll also offer peeks behind the scenes at our process of putting it all together.”

Listeners will hear the tenured cynic narrate his hopeful memoir in weekly episodes, each one covering a chapter from the book. Nearly a dozen chapters recount Jeremy and Edie traveling on COVID’s eve to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country to meet her far-flung new folks.

“The Little Girl Book Podcast promises to deliver moving excerpts from our powerful story about healing, as well as personal insights from the book,” White says in the show’s 91-second trailer. “We’ll also offer peeks behind the scenes at our process of putting it all together.”

The Little Girl Book Podcast is available for subscription on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Episode 1 arrives Friday, December 1, 2023.

White Lines Press published the ebook and 468-page hardcover editions of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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‘The Little Girl Book Podcast’ Features Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Memoir

Author Jeremy White shares The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture with listeners

Baton Rouge, LA — November 7, 2023 — In the latest White Lines Press publication, The Little Girl Book Podcast features author Jeremy White sharing his new book about his wife discovering her biological family in 2018 and the insanely beautiful, transformational journey that ensued. The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery details how Edie White solved a mystery that had been plaguing a gangster-adjacent, Ukrainian American family for 65 years, but only after initially learning that her pacifist father is cited in two books for challenging David Duke with a bloody knife at LSU.

“The Little Girl Book Podcast promises to deliver moving excerpts from our powerful story about healing, as well as personal insights from the book,” White says in the show’s 91-second trailer. “We’ll also offer peeks behind the scenes at our process of putting it all together.”

Listeners will hear the tenured cynic narrate his hopeful memoir in weekly episodes, each one covering a chapter from the book. Nearly a dozen chapters recount Jeremy and Edie traveling on COVID’s eve to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country to meet her far-flung new folks.

“The Little Girl Book Podcast promises to deliver moving excerpts from our powerful story about healing, as well as personal insights from the book,” White says in the show’s 91-second trailer. “We’ll also offer peeks behind the scenes at our process of putting it all together.”

The Little Girl Book Podcast is available for subscription on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Episode 1 arrives Friday, December 1, 2023.

White Lines Press published the ebook and 468-page hardcover editions of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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EBRPL’s Special Collections Lecture Series Presents ‘The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture’

Author and tenured cynic Jeremy White shares images depicted in hopeful book

Baton Rouge, LA — October 11, 2023 — The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s Special Collections Department is hosting local author Jeremy White, who will present his new book about his wife discovering her biological family in 2018 and the insanely beautiful, transformational journey that ensued. The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery details how Edie White solved a 65-year-old mystery that plagued a Ukrainian American family, after initially learning her pacifist father is cited in two books for challenging David Duke with a bloody knife at LSU.

Personally signed copies will be available for purchase following the audio-visual presentation in the large meeting room where Jeremy once trained fellow high school football officials.

The tenured cynic will share many powerful and heartwarming images from this real-life family adventure at the EBRPL Main Branch (7711 Goodwood Blvd.) at 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, as part of the Special Collections Lecture Series. Personally signed copies will be available for purchase following the audio-visual presentation in the large meeting room where Jeremy once trained fellow high school football officials.

“For years, I used to break down game film to scores of officials in that room on a weekly basis,” White recalls. “Now, on that same screen, I get to show images from our beautiful journey, including videos of moving reunions. As much as I loved reffing for nearly two decades, sharing our unicorn of a story is proving to be way more fun and rewarding.”

Jeremy’s other upcoming events this month include the Louisiana Book Festival, where he’ll participate in a panel discussion about memoir, on Saturday, October 28, in downtown Baton Rouge. He and Edie also will be on Author’s Row at the Livingston Parish Book Festival on Saturday, October 21, in Livingston.

White Lines Press published the ebook and 468-page hardcover editions of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Barnes & Noble, Bookstore Bar Host September Events Featuring Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book

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

Author Jeremy White signing copies of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture

Baton Rouge, LA — August 31, 2023 —  A literary-themed bar and a mega retail bookseller are hosting September events in Baton Rouge featuring Jeremy White’s new book about his wife discovering her biological family in 2018 and the insanely beautiful, transformational journey that ensued. The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery details how Edie White solved a 65-year-old mystery that plagued a Ukrainian American family, after initially learning her pacifist father is cited in two books for challenging David Duke with a bloody knife at LSU.

The tenured cynic will be on hand to sign copies of his hopeful book at the Citiplace location of Barnes & Noble (2590 Citiplace Ct.) starting at noon on Saturday, September 9. Four days later, on Wednesday, September 13, The Bookstore Bar (10466 Airline Hwy.) is hosting a signing by White from 5 to 7 p.m.

“‘If I had bought a bookstore instead of a bar, y’all wouldn’t be hanging your underwear from the ceiling.'”

While most folks know Barnes & Noble as the nation’s largest bookstore chain, with over 600 stores across the country, The Bookstore Bar has been hosting book club meetings and serving cocktails with literary names since 2020. For decades before that, owner/operator Pamela Sandoz was the tour de force behind Slinky’s, “the last real dive bar at the storied LSU North Gates,” as White describes it in The Little Girl. A significant rent increase for the Chimes Street location forced her to shutter the place in 2018.

Sandoz says the idea for her new bar came from a running joke with customers and employees at her old one. “Whenever it got wild at Slinky’s, someone would inevitably say that my life would’ve been easier if I had just bought a bookstore,” Sandoz recalls. “I’d reply, ‘Well, if I had bought a bookstore instead of a bar, y’all wouldn’t be hanging your underwear from the ceiling.'”

White Lines Press published the ebook and 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Blue Cypress Books Hosts Event Featuring Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book

Author Jeremy White signing copies of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture

Baton Rouge, LA — August 4, 2023 — Blue Cypress Books in the New Orleans Riverbend neighborhood is hosting an event featuring Jeremy White’s The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 12. White will be on hand to sign copies of his new book about his wife, Edie, discovering her biological family in 2018 and the beautifully insane adventure that ensued.

Literally overnight, the baby of Edie’s adoptive family becomes the eldest sibling in a new, amazing family, fathered by a pacifist cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife. During her pre-COVID travels with Jeremy to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country, Edie ultimately solves the last of three mysteries presented to her: What happened to the little girl at the bottom of the picture? It’s a question that plagued an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans for more than 65 years.

“While we launched The Little Girl precisely five years after the most pivotal event from our story, this book signing falls on the five-year anniversary of the most powerful moment in this unicorn of a real-life family saga.”

“Several months ago,” Jeremy White recalls, “Blue Cypress Books became the first New Orleans indie bookstore to partner with us on our pre-order campaign, so we’re thrilled that the wonderful folks there are hosting our initial Crescent City book signing. The timing of it is significant, as well.” The author explains, “While we launched The Little Girl precisely five years after the most pivotal event from our story, this book signing falls on the five-year anniversary of the most powerful moment in this unicorn of a real-life family saga.”

Blue Cypress Books is a local, woman-owned, indie bookstore located at 8123 Oak Street, just off Carrollton Avenue. Since 2008, Blue Cypress has offered high-quality secondhand and new books in a warm, inclusive place where minds are spoken and open conversations are invited. Blue Cypress is a proud member of both the American Booksellers Association and the Southern Independent Booksellers Association. Open seven days a week, BCB is consistently rated as a top bookstore in New Orleans.

White Lines Press published the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book Set in NoCal Garners Early Press After July 1 Launch

State’s largest paper covers The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture in Sunday edition

Click for full-sized image of the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner.

Baton Rouge, LA — July 31, 2023 — Multiple newspapers have dedicated many column inches to covering Jeremy White’s new memoir about his wife, Edie, finding her biological family in 2018 and the beautifully insane story that ensued. One day after the launch of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery, the July 2 edition of The Sunday Advocate included a report on the tenured cynic’s hopeful book.

More recently, Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero. Kevin Fambrough’s in-depth coverage in the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner features several photos, including some taken during a launch event at Cavalier House Books. That’s where Fambrough interviewed the 1988 valedictorian of Catholic High School-Pointe Coupee for his report.

Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero.

Readers of The Little Girl learn how, literally overnight, the baby of Edie’s adopted family becomes the eldest sibling in a new, amazing family, fathered by a pacifist cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife. During her pre-COVID travels with Jeremy to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country, Edie ultimately solves the last of three mysteries presented to her: What happened to the little girl at the bottom of the picture? It’s a question that plagued an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans in northwest Indiana for more than 65 years.

The Pointe Coupee Banner began operation in 1880 and has published without interruption during wartime eras and numerous natural disasters. Meanwhile, The Advocate is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with the largest circulation among all dailies in Louisiana.

White Lines Press published the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book Set in Austin Garners Early Press After July 1 Launch

State’s largest paper covers The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture in Sunday edition

Click for full-sized image of the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner.

Baton Rouge, LA — July 31, 2023 — Multiple newspapers have dedicated many column inches to covering Jeremy White’s new memoir about his wife, Edie, finding her biological family in 2018 and the beautifully insane story that ensued. One day after the launch of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery, the July 2 edition of The Sunday Advocate included a report on the tenured cynic’s hopeful book.

More recently, Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero. Kevin Fambrough’s in-depth coverage in the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner features several photos, including some taken during a launch event at Cavalier House Books. That’s where Fambrough interviewed the 1988 valedictorian of Catholic High School-Pointe Coupee for his report.

Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero.

Readers of The Little Girl learn how, literally overnight, the baby of Edie’s adopted family becomes the eldest sibling in a new, amazing family, fathered by a pacifist Austinite cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife. During her pre-COVID travels with Jeremy to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country, Edie ultimately solves the last of three mysteries presented to her: What happened to the little girl at the bottom of the picture? It’s a question that plagued an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans in northwest Indiana for more than 65 years.

The Pointe Coupee Banner began operation in 1880 and has published without interruption during wartime eras and numerous natural disasters. Meanwhile, The Advocate is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with the largest circulation among all dailies in Louisiana.

White Lines Press published the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book Set in Pacific Northwest Garners Early Press After July 1 Launch

State’s largest paper covers The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture in Sunday edition

Click for full-sized image of the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner.

Baton Rouge, LA — July 31, 2023 — Multiple newspapers have dedicated many column inches to covering Jeremy White’s new memoir about his wife, Edie, finding her biological family in 2018 and the beautifully insane story that ensued. One day after the launch of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery, the July 2 edition of The Sunday Advocate included a report on the tenured cynic’s hopeful book.

More recently, Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero. Kevin Fambrough’s in-depth coverage in the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner features several photos, including some taken during a launch event at Cavalier House Books. That’s where Fambrough interviewed the 1988 valedictorian of Catholic High School-Pointe Coupee for his report.

Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero.

Readers of The Little Girl learn how, literally overnight, the baby of Edie’s adopted family becomes the eldest sibling in a new, amazing family, fathered by a pacifist cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife. During her pre-COVID travels with Jeremy to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country, Edie ultimately solves the last of three mysteries presented to her: What happened to the little girl at the bottom of the picture? It’s a question that plagued an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans in northwest Indiana for more than 65 years.

The Pointe Coupee Banner began operation in 1880 and has published without interruption during wartime eras and numerous natural disasters. Meanwhile, The Advocate is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with the largest circulation among all dailies in Louisiana.

White Lines Press published the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country, including Ballast Book Company in Bremerton, WA. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book Garners Early Press After July 1 Launch

State’s largest paper covers The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture in Sunday edition

Click for full-sized image of the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner.

Baton Rouge, LA — July 31, 2023 — Multiple newspapers have dedicated many column inches to covering Jeremy White’s new memoir about his wife, Edie, finding her biological family in 2018 and the beautifully insane story that ensued. One day after the launch of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery, the July 2 edition of The Sunday Advocate included a report on the tenured cynic’s hopeful book.

More recently, Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero. Kevin Fambrough’s in-depth coverage in the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner features several photos, including some taken during a launch event at Cavalier House Books. That’s where Fambrough interviewed the 1988 valedictorian of Catholic High School-Pointe Coupee for his report.

Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero.

Readers of The Little Girl learn how, literally overnight, the baby of Edie’s adopted family becomes the eldest sibling in a new, amazing family, fathered by a pacifist cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife. During her pre-COVID travels with Jeremy to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country, Edie ultimately solves the last of three mysteries presented to her: What happened to the little girl at the bottom of the picture? It’s a question that plagued an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans for more than 65 years.

The Pointe Coupee Banner began operation in 1880 and has published without interruption during wartime eras and numerous natural disasters. Meanwhile, The Advocate is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with the largest circulation among all dailies in Louisiana.

White Lines Press published the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around 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 media@redstickcomedy.com.

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Tenured Cynic’s Hopeful Book Set in Chicago Garners Early Press After July 1 Launch

State’s largest paper covers The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture in Sunday edition

Click for full-sized image of the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner.

Baton Rouge, LA — July 31, 2023 — Multiple newspapers have dedicated many column inches to covering Jeremy White’s new memoir about his wife, Edie, finding her biological family in 2018 and the beautifully insane story that ensued. One day after the launch of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery, the July 2 edition of The Sunday Advocate included a report on the tenured cynic’s hopeful book.

More recently, Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero. Kevin Fambrough’s in-depth coverage in the July 20 edition of The Pointe Coupee Banner features several photos, including some taken during a launch event at Cavalier House Books. That’s where Fambrough interviewed the 1988 valedictorian of Catholic High School-Pointe Coupee for his report.

Edie White’s hometown newspaper ran a full-page, full-color feature on her and the book in which she’s the hero.

Readers of The Little Girl learn how, literally overnight, the baby of Edie’s adopted family becomes the eldest sibling in a new, amazing family, fathered by a pacifist cited in two books for challenging David Duke at LSU with a bloody knife. During her pre-COVID travels with Jeremy to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country, Edie ultimately solves the last of three mysteries presented to her: What happened to the little girl at the bottom of the picture? It’s a question that plagued an enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainian Americans in northwest Indiana for more than 65 years.

The Pointe Coupee Banner began operation in 1880 and has published without interruption during wartime eras and numerous natural disasters. Meanwhile, The Advocate is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with the largest circulation among all dailies in Louisiana.

White Lines Press published the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country, including The Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.

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