Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, November 24, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda describes unhappiness in the way she has been treated by her husband, Wesley. She also details her thoughts about the film, Sunset Boulevard.

Publication Date

11-24-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

dogs, Jersey Joe Walcott, Fairfax strawberry plants, Trenton, Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Rogers Peet, clothing, Harvard University, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, Plowville, Santa Claus, mathematics, poetry, New Jersey

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

The handwritten portion at the bottom reads:

[The enclosed campaigners seem to have won!]

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, November 24, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 38.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/38

Rights Statement

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