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Jadi Campbell is an American author living in Europe since 1992. She writes frequently for Stuttgart’s New English American Theater. Broken In: A Novel in Stories was a semifinalist for the 2020 Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection Award and Finalist for Greece’s 2021 Eyelands Book of the Year Award (Short Stories). Tsunami Cowboys was longlisted for the 2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Award. The Trail Back Out was:
• 2020 American Book Fest Best Book Award Finalist: Fiction Anthologies
• 2021 Top Shelf Anthology Award Runner-Up
• 2021 IAN Book of the Year Award Short Story Collection Finalist
• 2021 Wishing Shelf Award Red Ribbon
• 2023 Winner San Francisco Book Festival: General Fiction
• The title story The Trail Back Out was longlisted for the 2021 Screen Craft Cinematic Short Story Award.
Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite
Broken In: A Novel in Stories by Jadi Campbell is a wonderful collection of short stories that bring together the worlds of compelling characters that readers will love. The reader already notices the wonderful prose in the first story in this gorgeous collection, “Hit and Run,” where Lou reveals to someone significant to him for the first time that he’s had more than sisters. In fact, he’s had a twin brother, and the way he talks about it is quirky and engaging: “Had. What is there to say? His name was Joe. Joey. He lived, he died. He's gone, I'm here. Although I wonder sometimes what it would have been like the other way around.” From this point on, the reader is taken on a roller-coaster ride with these exciting stories, featuring love, accidents, and disappearance. The stories feature great settings and readers will feel as though they are part of the action.
Broken In: A Novel in Stories has a fascinating cast of quirky characters and readers will enjoy riding along with them. One of the things I loved about this book is the setting that comes alive through colorful and powerful descriptions. Right from the beginning of the story when Lou talks about “Italian,” the evocation of Italian food already adds color to the setting. The stories are well plotted and the characters play their roles wonderfully in it. From the great writing to the awesome plotting, to the compelling characters, Jadi Campbell crafts stories that will transport readers into an exciting world and into the inner workings of memorable characters.
