Book description
'You're Joseph Heller's daughter? How terrific!'
But was there a catch?
Like his most famous work, Joseph Heller was a study in
contradictions: eccentric, brilliant and voracious, but also
mercurial, competitive, and stubborn, with a love of mischief that
sometimes cut too close to the bone. Yossarian Slept Here is a
daughter's darkly funny, poignant memoir about growing up a Heller -
from her colourful family members and her parents' tumultuous
marriage, to her father's celebrity friends and the family's eccentric
neighbours.
This is a story about achieving a dream, about fame and its
aftermath, about squandered opportunities, lasting love and family.
Erica Heller is the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of
Catch-22
. An advertising copywriter, novelist and creative consultant, her work
has appeared in the
New York Observer
and on
The Huffington Post
. She lives in New York.
