At Home in the World
Joyce Maynard
Picador
<p><p>In the spring of 1972, Joyce Maynard, a freshman at Yale, published a cover story in <i>The New York Times Magazine</i> about life in the sixties.  Among the many letters of praise, offers for writing assignments, and request for interviews was a one-page letter from the famously reclusive author, J.D. Salinger.<br><br><i>Don't Go Away Sad</i> 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.<br><br>Courageously written by a women determined to allow her life to unfold with authenticity,...</br></br></br></br></p></p>