Journal Entry 1 by hippolein from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Scribner paperback 2001
450 pages

Back Cover:

'My childhood was a world that dangled between dream and nightmare on a gossamer thread my parents wove, without the reality of solid ground to catch a body should he or she fall'

A famously idiosyncratic recluse, few have come close enough to the author of the seminal Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Sallinger, to learn the truth behind the tales of his eccentricity. Margaret, his daughter, is one of those few. Offering a rare look into the man and the myth, her story chronicles a childhood of extreme isolation and early neglect, interwoven with times of laughter, joy and dazzling beauty. In a quest to come to terms with a past that, quite literally, nearly killed her, Margaret A. Salinger explores the complex dynamics of family relationships and delves into her father's life before her birth. The story of being a Salinger is unique; that of struggling to separate who they are from who their parents dreamed they might be is universal.
 

Journal Entry 2 by hippolein at Sokoksen kahvila, PKS -miitti in Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Released 1 yr ago (3/13/2012 UTC) at Sokoksen kahvila, PKS -miitti in Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

If nobody takes it at the meet-up, the book will be moved over to Kamppi - near the terminal for long distance busses on the shelves there.
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Release during the monthly meet-up of the BookCrossers of the Capital Area.

 

Journal Entry 3 by Annelis at Kerava, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

I like childhood stories and this seems to be one.
Thank you for the book, Hippolein!