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more about #greatexpectations more comments → Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Reading about her affair reinforced the old adage 'Never meet your heroes.' I think this goes double if you are a young woman and look up to an older,... more » girlhowdy: I'm not a fan of her personal essays, but her first novel, Baby Love, is wonderful. Parts of it are autobiographical, though I didn't know that when I... more » cheshirecounty: Joyce Maynard was from my home town-you cannot believe how To Die For and the JD Salinger stuff went over there. It was second only the yard sale she ... more » lms11: I really want to read this article in Vanity Fair that she wrote about her time with Salinger. Any links? more » cupscake: I read this article and I got extremely sad because I'm dreading the day where I let my little girl leave the house for the first time whether it be l... more » bohogurl: I think it is Joyce's story to tell. This is not a story about a woman whose lover has AIDS. It's a story about a mother learning to let go of her gro... more » nora charles: I always assume that people who are smarter than me will also be wiser than me, and am constantly surprised by admissions from smart people like this ... more » PaintedTrollop: One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to let our adult children actually be adults - free to make their own mistakes, and live their own live... more » funnyface: Can't blame the kids from holding mom at arm's length when mom is famous for spilling everything in print. I'm probably the only 24 year old in the w... more » hollygirl: Yes, she is an avowed "oversharer", and I would not want to be her daughter. That said, I got so irritated with Salinger worshippers who wanted to bur... more » PreposterousHypothesis: For reference: more » PreposterousHypothesis: I've seen some of these cakes before. Why are they all so violent? It's always some form of maiming the groom. Maybe I'm particularly sensitive, seein... more » LaComtesse: It seems that this cake celebrates two divorces: the divorce from your spouse and the divorce from your last shred of dignity. more » Newsgirl: When one of my family members got divorced, he strapped crepe paper, ribbons, toilet paper and aluminum cans to his car, wrote "Just Divorced!" on the... more » NowhereGirl: I got my friend a giant cookie that said Congratulations On Your Divorce on it, and a "six pack" of wine on the day her divorce was finalized. I think... more » -
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Joyce Maynard Looks Back On Life?
In 1972, Joyce Maynard became instantly famous with the publication of theNew York Times Magazine essay "An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back On Life." This led to her infamous relationship with J.D. Salinger. Now she's written a "Modern Love."
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Cutting The Cake
Elite Cake Creations of Pembroke Pines, Florida introduces wedding-style "divorce cakes," complete with warring couple. Says the owner, "when people looking for closure are ready to move on, we can help them celebrate that." [UPI]
