On Growing Up Tough (ePub)
An Irreverent Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author shares her rough journey to adulthood in a book that "should be read by every American" (Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette).
Born in Manchester, England, in 1900, growing up wasn't easy for Janet Taylor Caldwell. Her...
Born in Manchester, England, in 1900, growing up wasn't easy for Janet Taylor Caldwell. Her...
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The #1 New York Times-bestselling author shares her rough journey to adulthood in a book that "should be read by every American" (Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette).
Born in Manchester, England, in 1900, growing up wasn't easy for Janet Taylor Caldwell. Her Scottish parents warned her that if she ever misbehaved at school, she'd be "thoroughly thrashed." Weekends at home were filled with church and chores.
When her family immigrated to America in 1907, life only got tougher. Her father died soon after their arrival in upstate New York, and the family struggled financially. But her mother, Anna, was a firm believer in Women's Liberation and insisted that Janet could do a man's job. With a first-class education, fierce self-reliance, and strong work ethic, Janet embarked on her writing career at the age of eight. Eventually, she was discovered by legendary editor Maxwell Perkins and began publishing under the name Taylor Caldwell. Her books sold millions of copies around the world and touched the lives of countless readers.
Here is a witty and sharply observed account of the early struggles that gave Taylor Caldwell her strong convictions and made her one of the most distinctive voices in American literature. "You're not likely to put this one down until the last line is devoured and digested" (Charleston Sunday News & Courier).
Born in Manchester, England, in 1900, growing up wasn't easy for Janet Taylor Caldwell. Her Scottish parents warned her that if she ever misbehaved at school, she'd be "thoroughly thrashed." Weekends at home were filled with church and chores.
When her family immigrated to America in 1907, life only got tougher. Her father died soon after their arrival in upstate New York, and the family struggled financially. But her mother, Anna, was a firm believer in Women's Liberation and insisted that Janet could do a man's job. With a first-class education, fierce self-reliance, and strong work ethic, Janet embarked on her writing career at the age of eight. Eventually, she was discovered by legendary editor Maxwell Perkins and began publishing under the name Taylor Caldwell. Her books sold millions of copies around the world and touched the lives of countless readers.
Here is a witty and sharply observed account of the early struggles that gave Taylor Caldwell her strong convictions and made her one of the most distinctive voices in American literature. "You're not likely to put this one down until the last line is devoured and digested" (Charleston Sunday News & Courier).
Autoren-Porträt von Taylor Caldwell
Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985) was one of the most prolific and widely read authors of the twentieth century. Born Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell in Manchester, England, she moved with her family to Buffalo, New York, in 1907. She started writing stories when she was eight years old and completed her first novel when she was twelve. Married at age eighteen, Caldwell worked as a stenographer and court reporter to help support her family and took college courses at night, earning a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Buffalo in 1931. She adopted the pen name Taylor Caldwell because legendary editor Maxwell Perkins thought her debut novel, Dynasty of Death (1938), would be better received if readers assumed it were written by a man. In a career that spanned five decades, Caldwell published forty novels, many of which were New York Times bestsellers. Her best-known works include the historical sagas The Sound of Thunder (1957), Testimony of Two Men (1968), Captains and the Kings (1972), and Ceremony of the Innocent (1976), and the spiritually themed novels The Listener (1960) and No One Hears But Him (1966). Dear and Glorious Physician (1958), a portrayal of the life of St. Luke, and Great Lion of God (1970), about the life of St. Paul, are among the bestselling religious novels of all time. Caldwell's last novel, Answer as a Man (1981), hit the New York Times bestseller list before its official publication date. She died at her home in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1985.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Taylor Caldwell
- 2018, 160 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- ISBN-10: 1504053133
- ISBN-13: 9781504053136
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.09.2018
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“A blunt and penetrating comparison of her own childhood and that of the rebellious younger generation . . . You may applaud, you may curse, but you won’t escape one nagging question: What if she’s right?” —San Diego Union Tribune“On Growing Up Tough should be read by every American, young or old, in the same spirit in which it is written: Humorous, critical, objective but with a deep understanding of human nature.” —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
“‘Must’ reading for the weakly loafers and cry-babies who moan about America and how tough it is to make the grade.” —Union Leader
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