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Linda Grace Hoyer Updike (1904–1989) was an American writer from Plowville, Pennsylvania. She was the mother of writer John Updike and grandmother of writer David Updike. Linda Updike also served as the model for several of her son's characters, including one of the main characters in the novel Of the Farm .
27 lug 2001 · Linda Grace Hoyer was a brilliant individual. She graduated from Ursinus College at the age of nineteen, received a master's from Cornell University, and after many years of diligent work, published two novels and a myriad of short stories.
- Leslie Hoffman
- 2001
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The Linda Grace Hoyer collection at Ursinus College consists of Linda’s professional and personal writings. Drafts and proofs of her many short stories as well as novels (published and unpublished) accompany correspondence with editors and publishing houses.
10 mag 2013 · My Mother, My Rival: The Revolutionary Honesty of Resenting Your Kids. By Michelle Dean. Linda Grace Hoyer had little luck as a writer, so she encouraged her son, John Updike, to follow the path. His success might have sparked a grudge in her, but let’s not pretend that means she wasn’t a good mother. 1.
The Linda Grace Hoyer collection at Ursinus College consists of Linda’s professional and personal writings. Drafts and proofs of her many short stories as well as novels (published and unpublished) accompany correspondence with editors and publishing houses.
Linda Grace Hoyer. In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda describes reactions from home and from the Reading Eagle offices to John's initiation into the Harvard Lampoon. She notes changes to the Shillington school district and wonders if her novel is good or bad.
