At Home in the World : A Memoir

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Book Description: Picador USA, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 4to - over 9.75" - 12" tall. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 347 pages. 10.00 x 6.50 x 1.20 in. 24.0 oz. In The Spring Of 1972, Joyce Maynard, a freshman at Yale, published a cover story in The New York Times Magazine about life as a young person in the 'sixties. Among the many letters of praise, offers for writing assignments, and requests for interviews was a one-page letter from the fatuously 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 woman 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. Joyce Maynard tells all about her youthful affair with J. D. Salinger. For over thirty years Jerry Salinger has sought his protection in privacy and silence. I have come to believe that my greatest protection comes in self-disclosure. Unfortunately, as this creepy and pathetic memoir reveals, Maynard's self-protection comes at the expense of the notoriously reclusive author of Catcher in the Rye. Since the age of 18, when a cover story in the New York Times Magazine brought her to the attention of the public (and Mr. Salinger), Maynard (Where Loves Goes, LJ 7/93) has been writing, mostly about herself. (One critic dubbed her Me-Me-Me Maynard.) Here discretion is not her middle name. Besides the already-reported details of her ten-month-affair with Salinger (his unsuccessful homeopathic treatments for her frigidity, his enjoyment of The Andy Griffith Show), Maynard goes into excessive detail about other aspects of her personal life (her father's alcoholism, her bulimia, her bitter divorce, her breast implants, etc.). Strangely, she says little about her parents' reaction when in 1972 she dropped out of Yale, forfeited the tuition money, and moved in with the 53-year-old Salinger. This is compelling in a horrifying way (like gawking at a car wreck), but in the end, the reader finishes it feeling a bit soiled. -- Kakutani -- Maynard, novelist (Baby Love; To Die For) essayist, columnist and Web-page chatteuse, was a freshman at Yale in April 1972 when the New York Times Magazine published her cover article, An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life. Of the hundreds of letters she received, one from the reclusive J.D. Salinger, then 53, praising her talent and warning her against the dangers of early success, struck a particular chord. Maynard quickly wrote back and, following a summer of letters, phone calls and visits to Cornish, N.H., she dropped out of Yale and moved in with him. Maynard's observant, straight-faced presentation of what are nonetheless often hilarious events chez Salinger has to be one of the shrewdest deflations of a literary reputation on record. What's plain and most damaging is the nature of Jerry's interest in Joyce, who looked about 11 and who arrived for her first visit in a dress almost identical to one she wore in first grade. Maynard poignantly describes her alienation and isolation, which Salinger reinforced before cruelly discarding her. Unable for legal reasons to quote Salinger's letters, Maynard nevertheless makes the reader see why his words so captivated her: I fell in love with his voice on the page, she says. Once she moved in, however, Jerry began to sound like an aging Holden Caulfield, abrasive and contemptuous. Maynard takes too long setting up her family history pre-Salinger and far too long recounting her life since, in. Remainder. Bookseller Inventory # C0312195567

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Book Description: Picador USA, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. First American Edition. Has one 1/4 in scuff mark on the bottom of the rear board, otherwise perfect. Bookseller Inventory # 000515

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Book Description: Picador USA, 1998. Book Condition: Brand New. Book Condition: Brand New. Bookseller Inventory # 6729198

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Book Description: Picador USA, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Brand New. Dust Jacket Condition: Brand New. First Picador USA Edition, First Printin. Brand New: First Picador USA Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dustjacket. B31. No remainder marks. MINT condition. GIFT quality.Tight, clean, unmarked. Free Delivery Confirmation with tracking. All books packaged securely. We take extra care in packaging our merchandise. You will not be disappointed! Ships within 24 hours. We Ship Daily, Mon. through Sat., and welcome your comments, questions and feedback. Domestic Standard shipments arrive 7-10 business days. Priority 3-6. For quality product and careful packaging, shop Touchstone Books Ltd.!. Bookseller Inventory # 1209B825086

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Book Description: Picador USA, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: NEW. Cover has shelfwear due to storage, o/w never read in fine condition, 347 pp. , Satisfaction Guaranteed !. Bookseller Inventory # 59287

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Book Description: Picador, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1998. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Unread 347 Pages. Bookseller Inventory # 004262

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Book Description: Book Condition: New. Hardback. We professionally cover the dust jacket in archival BrodartPlastic before shipping. Bookseller Inventory # 007783

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