in My Salinger Year, hope and optimism win out
- Written by Anne Maxwell, Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Palace FilmsReview: My Salinger Year, directed by Philippe Falardeau
In 2014, Joanna Rakoff published a memoir, My Salinger Year, recounting the events of the year she spent working as a “Girl Friday” in Harold Ober Associates – one of New York’s oldest and finest literary agencies.
Rakoff’s sole responsibility was to...





