Joyce Johnson

In the Night Cafe (1989)

In the Night Cafe begins with promise--a widow meets the young children of her deceased husband and wishes she could take the boy for herself. I thought there was a lot of potential here, but the story abandons this idea and becomes an account of the joys and heartbreak of being married to an alc...

Bad Connections (1978)

Written with charm and wit, this story initially reads as a somewhat pedestrian story of sexual relationships in the 1970's. By pieces, though, Johnson's tale reveals character studies, in a way, of all the various roles a woman could find herself in during those times; the married woman, the di...

Come and Join the Dance (1962)