'A worthwhile and meaningful endeavor'
“Toshare our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, butfor those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.”– Joyce Maynard
Born on Nov. 5, 1952 Joyce Maynard is known for her works of fiction, herhundreds of essays and newspaper columns, often about parenting and family.
She has distinguished herself for anumber of critically acclaimed books in several different genres ranging fromYoung Adult, to Crime, General Fiction and Memoir. And she has had considerablesuccess as a screenwriter. Her newestbook is The Bird Hotel, and in 2024she’s set to release How The Light GetsIn, a sequel to her international award-winning book Count The Ways.
Her memoir At Home In The World about her years living with reclusive authorJ.D. Salinger drew both praise and scorn from the literary world. “I wonder what it is that the people whocriticize me for telling this story truly object to: Is it that I have dared totell the story? Or that the story turns out NOT to be the one they wanted tohear?”
As for her works on parenting, shesaid raising three kids influenced those writings and helped the writing becomestronger. “It's not only children who grow. Parents do too,” she said. “As much as we watch to see what our childrendo with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can'ttell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself.”
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