At Home in the World
At Home in the World
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Résumé
Journalist and novelist Joyce Maynard writes about her extraordinary life, including the story of her year-long love affair with the notoriously reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye", J.D. Salinger. At the time of their relationship, she was 18, Salinger was 53.
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At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard
In 1972, Joyce Maynard, an undergraduate at Yale, wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine called 'An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life'. Among the hundreds of letters she received as a result, one expressed deep affection for her writing, and concern at the exploitation that she might be subjected to. The writer was J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye and famous recluse. Their correspondence led first to friendship, and then to love, and after a few months she dropped out of college to live with him. In spite of the thirty-five year difference in their ages, she believed they would be together always - but after a year, he sent her away. Courageous, beautifully written and affecting, this book is destined to become a classic memoir of a modern woman's life.
Joyce Maynard is a well-known journalist and broadcaster in the United States. She is the author of several books, including To Die For (which was made into a film by Gus Van Sant starring Nicole Kidman), Baby Love and her memoir Looking Back, which she wrote at the age of eighteen.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781862300675 |
| ISBN 10 | 1862300674 |
| Titre | At Home in the World |
| Auteur | Joyce Maynard |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Année de publication | 1999-08-05 |
| Nombre de pages | 368 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |