Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
For a parent, it's hard to recognize the significance of your work when you're immersed in the mundane details. Few of us,… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“It’s like life: sometimes the littlest thing turns out to be the most important.” — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that over the years my children will find plenty of things about me to criticize. But something tells me that… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women,… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
