Joy Fielding’s keen interest in how society works is reflected in her writing. Consider her latest novel, The Housekeeper, which takes a clear-eyed look at the crises that can afflict the elderly. Her keen interest in how society works is reflected in her writing. She learned an important lesson early on: popular fiction can have an impact on people’s lives, an impact that goes beyond mere escapist entertainment.

But Joy’s legitimate pride in her achievement is leavened by modesty, good humour and a lack of pretension. One of Canadian fiction’s most successful careers had been well and truly launched. It was the first time I ever made decent money as a writer.” “I remember when my agent called me to tell me that the book had sent people bananas at the Frankfurt Book Fair and that countries that normally never bought books there were paying fortunes for the rights. She was “thrilled” when Kiss Mommy Goodbye did take off. I had stopped worrying about what people wanted to read and had decided I would write something that was important to me.” “It’s hard to remember now - it’s such a long time ago - but I knew it was different. Even when writing it, she had become aware that she was onto something special. “It was the break-through book,” Joy says. After three earlier books, this was the one that changed Joy’s fortunes, topping the best-seller lists in Canada, and hitting the $150,000 mark in international sales. Kiss Mommy Goodbye was the suspenseful story of a divorced man who kidnaps his two young children and of a mother’s struggle to get them back. More than four decades have passed since Joy Fielding completed the novel that established her reputation. Joy Fielding’s latest novel, The Housekeeper, is her 30th. Success for her, though, is making a difference for readers. Urn:oclc:16562814 Scandate 20100316141405 Scanner scribe9.la.archive.Joy Fielding is one of Canadian fiction’s most successful authors, with four decades of best-selling books to her credit. OL86264W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.56 Pages 268 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0451155068 Urn:lcp:kissmommygoodbye00fiel:epub:c53a3f9a-5a52-44c7-b831-9e899ce62c40 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier kissmommygoodbye00fiel Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4pk11v3d Isbn 0385172915ĩ780385172912 Lccn 80001692 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition

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