At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.
From Joyce Maynard
I continued to protect him with my silence.
Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power.
I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that.
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.
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