The Gossip Columnist's Daughter

Convinced that the key to the unraveling of his own life is tied to this tragic 1963 death, an unheralded writer embarks on a quest to solve the cold case—a new novel by “a master of his form” (New York Times) whose fiction is “a miraculous feat of empathy” (Boston Globe).

In 2023, Jed Rosenthal is trying to piece together his life. He hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, his career is going nowhere, and he struggles to navigate the daily tribulations of a co-parenting arrangement as a “trial separation” stretches on infinitely.

Jed’s current struggles, though, are only a footnote in the larger history of fall of the Rosenthal family, a decline that began with the abrupt fracture of a friendship between Jed’s grandparents and Irv and Essee Kupcinet, Chicago royalty and Cookie’s parents, in the aftermath of their daughter’s death. Jed pores over family stories, newspaper archives, old photos, and crime scene notes, convinced that if he can divine the truth about Cookie’s death, it might shine light on a mystery closer to home.

Spanning seventy plus years, and weaving family drama, a true-life mystery, and contemporary commentary on the nature of success, The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter is a singular and deeply human exploration into the nature of friendship and the bonds that sustain us.

This book title, The Gossip Columnist's Daughter, ISBN: 9780316224659, by Peter Orner, published by Little, Brown and Company (August 12, 2025) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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