- Joanne Greenberg
Joanne Greenberg (born 1932 in
Brooklyn ,New York ) is an Americanauthor most well known for the bestselling novel, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden " written under thepen name of Hannah Green. It was adapted into a 1977 movie and a 2004 play of the same name. She received the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award as well as the Jewish Book Council of America award in 1963 for her novel "The King's Persons", which was about the massacre of theJew ish population ofYork atYork Castle in 1190.Bibliography
*"
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden ", (Published under the pseudonym Hannah Green) which is a fictionalized treatment of her own hospitalization and treatment forschizophrenia .*"
In This Sign ", the story of a young couple growing up in an old fashioned school for the deaf where they are not taught ASL. Running away, marrying and bearing two hearing children add context to this powerful novel.*"
Of Such Small Differences ", the story of a love affair between a man who is deafblind and a woman who is neither.*"
Age of Consent ", the story of a man, adopted from anIsrael i slum as a young child, grows up without ever consenting to that life changing event.*"
The Far Side of Victory ", killing a family while driving drunk, the main character here grows beyond that adolescent stage into strong adulthood.*"
No Reck'Ning Made ", the story of a woman who grows up very poor, returns home from college as a teacher and soon finds her home area growing beyond her.*"
Where the Road Goe's ", told in the form of letters recounts the adventures of a sixty something woman whose last fling is a walk fromCalifornia toWood's Hole ,Massachusetts as an environmental statement.External links
* [http://www.narpa.org/greenberg.htm Profile at National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy]
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*http://www.mines.edu/Fac_staff/senate/dist_lecture/greenberg_bio.shtml
*http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4271351
*http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/joanne-greenberg/
*http://www.jdcc.org/2000/mar-apr/friends.htm
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