“ There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you. “
Quotes by Peter De Vries
Introducing Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries was an American novelist and editor, born on February 27, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois, to Dutch immigrant parents. Raised in a strict Dutch Calvinist community on Chicago’s South Side, his early life was deeply influenced by the religious and cultural values of his upbringing. He attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, graduating in 1931, and later pursued further studies at Northwestern University. His formative years in a devout, insular environment shaped his worldview and provided rich material for his later satirical works, which often poked fun at the pieties and contradictions of his heritage. De Vries’s ability to blend humor with profound observations about human nature would become a hallmark of his writing.
