L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys.
"I write about religion and politics. About race and gender. I believe in the journalism axiom: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. To which the labor organizer Mother Jones was supposed to have added: And in general raise hell. That works for me."
L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was not a good trait for any oceanographer to have, and discovered journalism instead — a field that liked people who asked questions!
As a reporter and editor, she worked in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Washington, D. C. Then she got homesick for the Pacific Northwest and came home to work with college newspapers and teach journalism.
She is an over-educated, bleeding heart liberal with a penchant for heroes such as Jack Reacher. She isn't particularly bothered by the inconsistency.
You can follow her on Twitter @ljbwrites for her political stuff, or on Facebook at ljbreedlove for her writing life. Best place to find her — besides a local coffee shop — is at ljbreedlove.com. You can sign up for her email newsletter there. Or read her blog, snark included, and check out all her books.
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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ALL YOUR CHOICES SUCK?
As far as the student-run Eyewitness News is concerned, J.J. is a journalist. And if he wants to cover the Black Lives Matter protests, EWN needs him there. He'll be a big name someday, the editors say.
J.J.'s father is a Portland police officer, however, and he's demanding J.J. quit EWN, and quit covering the protests. Or leave home and lose his family.
And J.J. must choose: his family or his future.
Sometimes there are no good choices. And J.J. must choose.
Book 2 in a new-adult suspense series.
Some sex. Bad language. Lots of politics. It's Portland.
TW: attempted suicide.
Título : Choose
EAN : 9781393853619
Editorial : L.J. Breedlove
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