Heart in the Right Place is a memoir by Carolyn Jourdan, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in 2007 (hardback) and 2008 (paperback).

The Wall Street Journal ranked it as the #7 National Bestseller on September 2, 2012.[1] and No. 9 bestseller in 2017.[2] It reached #1 on Amazon for Biography, Memoir, Medicine, and Science during the month of August, 2012.[3][4]Family Circle magazine chose Heart in the Right Place as its first ever Book of the Month, and Elle magazine awarded it a Readers Prize.[5]

The book was chosen by Michigan for "Capital Area Reads One Book" in 2010.[6]

Jourdan is a former Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (now Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs).[7]

References

  1. Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Books Week Ended September 2, 2012
  2. "WSJ Best-Selling Books".
  3. Facebook
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  5. Amazon.com: RJ "Book-Lover"'s review of Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir
  6. Michigan.gov announcement
  7. Bio from publisher.


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