 Salinger also insisted that Claire drop out of school and live with him , only four months shy of graduation , which she did . Certain elements of the story " Franny " , published in January 1955 , are based on his relationship with Claire , including her ownership of the book The Way of the Pilgrim . Because of their isolated location and Salinger 's proclivities , they hardly saw other people for long stretches of time . Claire was also frustrated by Salinger 's ever @-@ changing religious beliefs . Though she committed herself to Kriya yoga , she remembered that Salinger would chronically leave Cornish to work on a story " for several weeks only to return with the piece he was supposed to be finishing all undone or destroyed and some new ' ism ' we had to follow . " Claire believed " it was to cover the fact that Jerry had just destroyed or junked or couldn 't face the quality of , or couldn 't face publishing , what he had created . " 
