Anon

I read “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” and “In This Sign” many years ago. They were two of the most moving books I have ever read. My worsening hearing impairment has made me appreciate the second book all the more.

BD

I compare I Never Promised You a Rose Garden to Ken Keysey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I first read them both as a troubled teen in juvenile hall back in the early ’70s. In both books I saw myself, and both helped me realize that I was on the wrong path. So, I

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Kat

Joanne Greenberg is most well-known for her book “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,” but she has written many more books, though not as well known, are excellent reads! When I read, I like to feel for the characters, get inside their heads; be eager to know what they will do/think next. Joanne’s characters

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A Lifetime of Writing

Joanne Greenberg published her first book, The King’s Persons, in 1963. It won the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award and the Jewish Book Council of America award. Most known for the psychological novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, She went on to finish fifteen novels, four short story collections, and most recently, a memoir of her time

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