JOAN HAVERTY CONTINUACION

The marriage ended after eight months when Joan decided to leave Jack after she refused to abort their unplanned child. “Forced to choose between Jack and the baby, Joan embraced her own future without hesitation, and the marriage dissolved in mutual bitterness in the spring of 1951” (Knight 88). Jack refused to believe that baby was his, but he had to accept responsibility after blood tests proved he was her father. He only met his daughter twice. Joan Haverty stood up to her husband and kept her child, not allowing his fear to rule over her decisions. She was already independent, so it was easy for her to go back to living alone.
Joan remarried, had twins, and moved around the country with her husband. Joan was a natural writer who constantly kept journals, but because of the constraining influence that society placed upon women, she never thought she could possibly be a writer. She kept her work silent. “Although she wrote constantly and tirelessly throughout her life, Joan destroyed most of it, for she viewed her writing as something private, a way she worked things out for herself” (Knight 88). She did show her writing to the public once, during the battles with Jack to claim and help raise their daughter. Her article was published in Confedential magazine in 1961, “My Ex-Husband, Jack Kerouac, Is an Ingrate.” Joan was not afraid to voice her opinion about her ex-husband, who had abandoned his only child.

El matrimonio terminó en ocho meses cuando Joan decidió dejar a Jack despues de reusar a abortar su no planeada hija. "Forzada a escoger entre jack y su bebe, Joan abraza su propio futuro sin dudas y el matrimonio se disolvió en la primavera de 1951 con mutua acidez. Jack se niega a aceptar que el bebe sea suyo, pero tiene que aceptar su responsabilidad después que la prueba de la sangre confirmara su paternidad. Sólo se encontró con su hija dos veces. Joan Haverty se opuso a su marido y tuvo a su hija, impidiendo que su miedo mandara sobre su decisión. Ella era ya independiente luego le costó poco
volver a la vida en soledad.
Joan se volvió a casar, tuvo gemelos, y se movió alrededor del país con su marido. Joan era una escritora nata que guardaba diarios constantemente, pero debido a la fuerte represión de la sociedad sobre las mujeres,nunca pensó que podría ser escritora. Mantuvo en silencio su trabajo. " Sin embargo escribió sin tregua y constantemente durante su vida, Joan destruyó la mayor parte, entendía la escritura como algo privado, una manera de entenderse con las cosas" (Knight88). Enseñó sus escritos una vez, durante las batallas con Jack para pedir ayuda para la educación de su hija. Su artículo fue publicado en el magazine Confidential en 1961, " Mi ex marido, Jack Keruoac, es un ingrato," Joan no tuvo miedo de airear su opinión sobre su ex-marido, que había abandonado a su única hija.
Continuará.