Joyce Maynard

Praise for At Home In The World

A moving reflection on being defined by a youthful relationship with a world-hating genius

Ruth Padel, Mail on Sunday

Many people will buy (or boycott) At Home in the World because of the Salinger material, but its real theme is that of dozens of contemporary memoirs with no famous characters: the revelation, which for some ...

Katha Pollitt, New York Times Book Review

A wry, painful, engaging book

Frank McCourt

A moving reflection on being defined by a youthful relationship with a world-hating genius

Ruth Padel, Mail on Sunday

Many people will buy (or boycott) At Home in the World because of the Salinger material, but its real theme is that of dozens of contemporary memoirs with no famous characters: the revelation, which for some ...

Katha Pollitt, New York Times Book Review

A wry, painful, engaging book

Frank McCourt

A moving reflection on being defined by a youthful relationship with a world-hating genius

Ruth Padel, Mail on Sunday

Many people will buy (or boycott) At Home in the World because of the Salinger material, but its real theme is that of dozens of contemporary memoirs with no famous characters: the revelation, which for some ...

Katha Pollitt, New York Times Book Review

A wry, painful, engaging book

Frank McCourt