Joyce Maynard

If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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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. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother 'worked' at anything besides raising her children. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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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, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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I continued to protect him with my silence. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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A person who deserves my loyalty receives it. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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