You can go home again: An intimate journey

by Nora Johnson

274 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Nora Johnson was the daughter of film writer, director and producer Nunnally Johnson, pivotal in such acclaimed films as 'The Grapes of Wrath'. She attended the Brearley School in New York City and in 1954 graduated from Smith College.

Her first and most well-known novel, The World of Henry Orient (1956), was based on her experiences at the Brearley School. In 1964 it was made into a movie produced and co-scripted by her father, Nunnally Johnson, and starring Peter Sellers. In 1957 The Atlantic Monthly published her influential article "Sex and the College Girl", which culled her experiences at Smith to discuss then-current attitudes towards sex on American campuses.

Reviews

[Anthony Faber · Rating 3 out of 5]

An autobiography somewhat similar to Pat Loud's, dealing with the same struggle to cope with being a woman before and during Women's Liberation.