The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. — 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
“Some family's boad capsized at Lake Winnipesaukee the day before and now they were looking for the father's body.” — 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… — 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
“I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“I missed being a parent as much as a person crossing the desert misses water. I missed soccer games and family meals… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“My mother didn’t believe in germs but I did. Germs are something they made up to distract people from what they should… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“No doubt Richard's father, like my mother, had once held his infant son in his arms, looked into the eyes of his… — 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
