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By the time she was 19, she was living with the increasingly controlling Salinger and doing her best to adhere to his regimens, from homeopathy at any price to a mostly macrobiotic diet heavy on frozen peas What's worse, he does his best to turn the hugely driven young woman into a mistrusting, publicity-shy prig, not to mention helping her perfect her already anorexic bent. Maynard is such a skilled writer that it's hard not to take her side as the relationship falters. In fact, even when it's going well, it's not easy to sympathise with a man whose idea of an endearment is: "I couldn't have made up a character of a girl I'd love better than you."
But Maynard is as hard on her younger self as she is on the great man. Though she had published intimate essays since her early teens, and long been feted for her "honesty," it has taken the overachiever many years to realise that she had carefully left out her most personal burdens--her father's alcoholism, her mother's nighttime "snuggling" and overwhelming intrusions, the distance between her and her older sister.
Still,At Home in the World is more than a clearing house for past parental and amorous wrongs. It's a cautionary tale about using language and the pretence of truth to obscure key realities. --Kerry Fried
"Unsparing self-scrutiny...maturity and emotional candor."--Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times
""Absorbing, funny, and emotionally blistering."--Jules Siegel, "San Francisco Chronicle
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"A wry, painful, engaging book."--Frank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes
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"Maynard's testimony is priceless."--Mary Cantwell, "Vogue
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"Riveting and disturbing."--"The New York Times Book Review
""Even Salinger loyalists may feel compelled to reexamine their idol."--"Glamour
""Dazzling."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
Unsparing self-scrutiny...maturity and emotional candor. "Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"
Absorbing, funny, and emotionally blistering. "Jules Siegel, San Francisco Chronicle"
A wry, painful, engaging book. "Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes"
Maynard's testimony is priceless. "Mary Cantwell, Vogue"
Riveting and disturbing. "The New York Times Book Review"
Even Salinger loyalists may feel compelled to reexamine their idol. "Glamour"
Dazzling. "San Francisco Chronicle""
Unsparing self-scrutiny...maturity and emotional candor. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Absorbing, funny, and emotionally blistering. Jules Siegel, San Francisco Chronicle
A wry, painful, engaging book. Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
Maynard's testimony is priceless. Mary Cantwell, Vogue
Riveting and disturbing. The New York Times Book Review
Even Salinger loyalists may feel compelled to reexamine their idol. Glamour
Dazzling. San Francisco Chronicle
""Unsparing self-scrutiny...maturity and emotional candor." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Absorbing, funny, and emotionally blistering." --Jules Siegel, San Francisco Chronicle
"A wry, painful, engaging book." --Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
"Maynard's testimony is priceless." --Mary Cantwell, Vogue
"Riveting and disturbing." --The New York Times Book Review
"Even Salinger loyalists may feel compelled to reexamine their idol." --Glamour
"Dazzling." --San Francisco Chronicle
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