Love, Jerry

December, 2006

So I'm like this guy you meet in a bar who has a crazy story to tell. It's about a one-of-a-kind old lady who lived next door and, I'm pretty sure, was J.D. Salinger's secret sweetheart while he was writing The Catcher In the Rye.Her name was Becky Hallman or Becky Gehman, a.k.a. Rebecca Tugel: These were all her names, and she had quite a life, filled with lovers. But don't waste time googling her; you won't find any reference to her or any mention of her in any of the Salinger biographies. Bel...

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