At Home in the World: A Memoir

Loved it. Can't.wait to read more of her fascinating. books., a great author a. must read

Tales of J.D. Salinger. Also her writing ability seems to shine through, and best of all, she read the book she wrote.

J.D. Salinger features of course.

No.

They seem of a personal nature of hers. Her first night with Salinger, and when the paper rung Salinger's phone for her and he couldn't stop being angry with her, and when she returns to his house in the 90s. Also the revealing of the ex-husband behind Salinger's later partner.

I had never heard of Joyce Maynard before the recent Salinger documentary and book (audiobook in my case). Something never commented on by her but I couldn't help but notice, is the sense that Salinger was a mentor to her. He must have noticed something of himself in her writing that started his interest in her. His complete reason for being interested in her is something more debatable and might reveal itself in some way in this book. I couldn't help but notice something of Salinger's style in her writing.I had read somewhere that only one chapter in the book was about Salinger. Not so at all. Much of the book is about Salinger. There is a great deal about him for anyone interested in Salinger. Writing a book about Salinger is controversial in itself I suppose, but it was her story in this case as well. My feeling about Salinger from this story is that he was quite dense and should have expected a teenage girl to have a lot of change coming in her life.Here is something additional. The story of the wife who left her husband and child to live with Salinger reminded me of something similar. A woman did the same thing with T. Lobsang Rampa and her book is available somewhere from her point of view.

I discovered Joyce Maynard years ago when I read this book. It never left me and I was thrilled to find it on Audible.
She writes with great insight and sensitivity. I love her novels as well. I just wish she wrote more prolifically.

I appreciated the candor and depth to Joyce Maynard's telling of her story. It takes courage to be honest in this way. Wonderful story telling and a compelling tale. I am about the same age as the author and related to her experience growing up in a changing world for women.

The narrator (also the author) had this strange clicking noise that could be heard after certain words and sentences. At first I thought it was something wrong with my earphones, but no, it was coming from the narrator. It was so annoying that I found myself anxiously waiting for the next weird click, which greatly detracted from the experiences shared in the book and her beautiful writing. If this type of thing doesn't bother you, then please download this book. If this type of thing does bother you, please be ready to be uncomfortably annoyed for the duration.