Description: At Home in the World: A Memoir by Joyce Maynard (SIGNED 1998 Hardcover Edition)In the spring of 1972, Joyce Maynard, a freshman at Yale, published a cover story in The New York Times Magazine about life in the sixties. Among the many letters of praise, offers for writing assignments, and requests for interviews was a one-page letter from the famously reclusive author, J.D. Salinger.At Home in the World is the story of a girl who loved and lived with J.D. Salinger, and the woman she became. A crucial turning point in Joyce Maynard's life occurred when her own daughter turned eighteen--the age Maynard was when Salinger first approached her. Breaking a twenty-five year silence, Joyce Maynard addresses her relationship with Salinger for the first time, as well as the complicated, troubled and yet creative nature of her youth and family. She vividly describes the details of the times and her life with the finesse of a natural storyteller.Courageously written by a women determined to allow her life to unfold with authenticity, At Home in the World is a testament to the resiliency of the spirit and the honesty of an unwavering eye.Vintage Hardcover / Picador / 1998 / Very Good Condition / Signed by Joyce Maynard / Also includes a 2-page typed 1998 letter from Joyce
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Brand: Picador
ISBN: 0312195567
Color: Multicolor
Book Title: At Home in the World : a Memoir
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Item Height: 1.2 in
Topic: Women Authors, General, American / General, Literary
Publication Year: 1998
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 24 Oz
Author: Joyce Maynard
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
