A Person Who Deserves My Loyalty Receives

[on Home Births:] In A House Where There Had Been Three People, There Were Now Four, Although No One Had Come In The Door.

The Silence Was Part Of The Story I Wanted To Tell.

Some Literary Types Subscribe To The Notion That Being A Writer Like Salinger Entitles A Person To Remain Free Of The Standards That Might Apply To Mere Mortals.

Not Only Did I Avoid Speaking Of Salinger; I Resisted Thinking About Him. I Did Not Reread His Letters To Me. The Experience Had Been Too Painful.

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.