I have read many books by more talented people in the arts fields where the writing is quite dismal. She makes no claims to be a gifted writer like her father, (as many seem to want her to be going on various reviews I've read on GR) but considering that, the book has a charm as it chronicles her life and and journey to sanity. She obviously had a fairly troubled childhood, and the fact that she has managed to transcend that is admirable. I don't quite get why so many people are so down on poor Margaret Salinger. When Christina Crawford wrote 'Mommie Dearest' about growing up as the daughter of Joan Crawford, people did not expect her book to be a full biography of Joan, nor did they expect Christina to be a brilliant actress either. There is a lot left unsaid and rightly I think because she is only writing about her father in relation to herself. She does not attempt nor claim it to be a biography of her father.

But it's essentially about how her relationship with her father (& mother)effected her. Sure she uses some of his character's to illustrate her point of view, and I feel she is entitled as it seems apparent some aspects of her life have been molded into his characters.

It's Margaret Salinger's autobiography, his daughter, and her first novel. It seems many folk complain it's not good enough on many levels.

Salinger fan or no, who has ever had to struggle to sort out who she really is from whom her parents dreamed she might be. The story of being a Salinger is unique the story of being a daughter is universal. Her story is one that seeks to come to terms with the dark parts of her life that, quite literally, nearly killed her, and to pass on a life-affirming heritage to her own child. Salinger compassionately explores the complex dynamics of family relationships. Her story chronicles an almost cultlike environment of extreme isolation and early neglect interwoven with times of laughter, joy, and dazzling beauty. Salinger has written a book that is eloquent, spellbinding, and wise, yet at the same time retains the intimacy of a novel. Salinger - offering a rare look into the man and the myth, what it is like to be his daughter, and the effect of such a charismatic figure on the girls and women closest to him. Salinger writes about life with her famously reclusive father, J.D. In her much-anticipated memoir, Margaret A.

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