I am listening to NPR and I hear that JD Salinger passed away today.
he was a hermit and I fell in love with his book, just like everyone does when i read it in 9th grade. I'm glad he made up this miserable, relatable character in 1951 for all of us to love.
Also, I learned on the radio that he lived in Cornish, NH while he was hiding out! Cornish is where we go every summer to the fair becuase it coincides with our family weekend in late august and I had no idea all this time! I told my mom this and she said, 'he was so close to us and we didn't even know it! If we would have known he was living there we could have brought over a pie from the fair!'
my thoughts exactly, mom.
links to the 2 posts I wrote about cornish and Booth family fun for an insiders look into storybookland, NH:)
better links about J.D.
washington post article
UK telegraph blurb about his reclusiveness..
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