JOAN HAVERTY CONTINUACION

Jan recalls her mother's relationship with Herb in the introduction to Nobody’s Wife, “She [Joan] was a woman, she was uneducated. Yet she had ideas, these incongruous abstract scientific ideas. It infuriated Herb, who was a scientist, that she had no credentials but would still attack these weighty topics in genetics, philosophy, anything that attracted her attention” (“Kerouac, Joan” 232).
She met Kerouac when her relationship was ending with Herb. Her old lover, Bill Cannastra, intended to introduce Joan to Jack, but he died in a tragically subway accident before he had the chance. They met later, when Jack yelled up to her apartment to get directions to a party. Immediately under a spell by Joan’s beauty and charm, Jack purposed marriage to her that night. They married two weeks later. “Joan, still recovering from Cannastra’s death, was ready to escape from her tumultuous relationships with other men, and married Jack within two weeks” (“Kerouac, Joan” 232).
Joan compared her feelings for Jack to those she had for Herb, “For me, Jack’s appeal lay more in what he was not than in what he was. He was not sexually aggressive, not intellectually curious concerning me, not anxious for me to achieve goals or improve myself, and he was neither critical nor demanding except in regard to domestic matters” (“Kerouac, Joan” 232). With Jack, Joan felt she had found a reliable, caring and family man.

Jan recuerda la relación con Herb en la introdución a NOBODY`S WIFE. " Joan era una mujer, no educada. Aunque tenía ideas,incongruentes abstractas ideas científicas. Esto "cabreaba" a Herb, que era un científico, ella no tenía credenciales pero criticaba los pesados tópicos en genética, filosofía, cualquier cosa que le interesara.
Se encontró con Kerouac cuando estaba terminando su relación con Herb. Su antiguo amante, Bill Cannastra, intentó presentarJoan a Jack, pero murió tragicamente en un accidente de metro antes deconseguirlo. Ellos se conocierón después, cuando Jack apareció por su apartamento para obtener direcciones para una fiesta. Inmediatamente encantado por el estilo y belleza de Joan, Jack le propone casarse con ella esa misma noche. Se casaron dos semanas después. "Joan, que estaba recobrandose de la muerte de Cannastra, quería escapar de sus tumultuosas relaciones con otros hombres, y se casa con Jack en dos semanas"
Joan comparaba los sentimientos que tenía con jack con aquellos que sentía por Herb "Para mi la atracción de Jack estaba más en lo que no era que en lo que era. Jack no era sexualmente agresivo, no era intelectualmente curioso respecto a mi, no estaba ansioso por que consiguiera "exitos" o me mejorara a mi misma, y no era crítico ni pesado excepto en lo que se refiere a la vida domestica".
Con Jack, Joan sentía haber encontrado a un hombre familiar cariñoso y sincero.
CONTINUARÁ.