Talk:Jean Fritz

Removed BLP unsourced tag
Article clearly has some references although still needs a lot of work. Author meets Notability standards.--Plad2 (talk) 21:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Question about "Life" section
This article appears to be a target of frequent vandalism. The current paragraph in the Life section ends with "To her, writing became a very private place, where no one could come in. She began to form strong emotional bonds to the United States as a young child while still living in China."

It appears to me that these two sentences had their genesis in a series of edits which were (what appears to me to be) vandalism throughout the May 2010 time frame. I would hate to strike them based upon my conclusion if someone else has a better insight. Thanks.

Grandpa jlc (talk) 03:26, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Contradiction
When did she get "writing jobs" while failing to publish any stories? and then work as a librarian (children's librarian is suggested)? This is said to be 1960s/70s but she published her first children's books in 1954 and 1955 and a successful historical novel in 1958, per the next section. --P64 (talk) 00:48, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Autobiography?
Is Homesick a straight autobiography? or autobiographical fiction? I ask because it won the National Book Award for Children's Fiction. --P64 (talk) 00:48, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The work would seem to be in the category of autobiographical fiction. In the Foreword to "Homesick" Jean Fritz indicates the story events are sometimes laced together with "fictional bits" and by "adding a piece here and there when memory didn't give me all I needed." She concludes by saying, "Strictly speaking, I have to call this book fiction, but it does not feel like fiction to me. It is my story, told as truly as I can tell it." Tcip (talk) 16:26, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. (not yet incorporated here or in the Award articles.)
 * Now, if you happen to have read China Men, a "novel" that won the National Book Award for Nonfiction ... (Talk: China Men). --P64 (talk) 17:43, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Today I removed this prose note from the References section (quote):

" Jean Guttery Fritz also wrote another autobiography called, "China Homecoming."
 * A goodreads user clearly distinguishes it from the other one (quote google books)

" This does not really have the impact of a book, but it is a nice little coda to the wonderful Homesick. Good pictures!
 * Evidently it includes photographs by Michael Fritz. --P64 (talk) 20:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

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