Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 11, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda addresses her own unrest since John has left for college. Linda speaks about working on her novel versus doing chores around the home and seems to resent her husband, Wesley, for taking on some of the household planning. Linda tells John that his leaving has given her time for contemplation about herself.

Publication Date

10-11-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Martin Alonso Pinzon, Thanksgiving, health, Chatterbox, Fred Muth, Harvard University, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed:

[Mother]

[How is your cold?]

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 11, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 16.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/16

Rights Statement

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