Tinfoil Crowns

Written by Erin Jones

Narrated by Brittany Goodwin

Seventeen-year-old internet video star Fit is on a mission to become famous at all costs. She shares her life with her fans through countless videos (always sporting some elaborate tinfoil accessory), and they love her for it. If she goes viral, maybe she can get out of her small casino town and the cramped apartment she shares with her brother and grandpa. But there's one thing Fit's fans don't know about her: when Fit was three years old, her mother, suffering from postpartum psychosis, tried to kill her.

Now Fit's mother, River, has been released from prison. Fit is outraged that River is moving in with the family, and it's not long before Fit's video followers realize something's up and uncover her tragic past. But Fit soon learns that the only thing her audience loves more than tragedy is a heartwarming tale of a family reunion. Is faking a relationship with River the key to all Fit's dreams coming true?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: May 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094442600

Erin Jones

Erin Jones received her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, where she is now affiliated faculty. She is the former head of marketing at Ploughshares, and her work has been published in The James Franco Review, The Ploughshares Blog, Rock & Sling, and other publications. She was a 2017 finalist for the Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence fellowship and calls Boston home. Tinfoil Crowns is her first novel.

Reviews for Tinfoil Crowns

[Jamila Sids · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is the author's first novel and it reads like that. The premise is so good but the execution is completely flat. The names are peppy, the situations are millennial, the slang is hep. In short the shallow things are given so much prominence that the depth behind the words, character arcs, emotions is completely lost. The postpartum psychosis is what should've been the focus. How the mother daughter heal their relationship should've been the crust of the book. And that all important part is totally missing. One trip together and all is forgiven. No mention of her years in prison, no flashbacks, no character development nothing. For an author who knows all about gender pronouns, she uses the name 'Fit' about a million times without using pronoun. Might have been ok to read, but in the narration hearing it again and again is annoying.
Basically i highly recommend this book for a 12 year old.