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Labor Day

A Novel

Joyce Maynard

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Joyce Maynard

Joyce Maynard has been a reporter for the New York Times, a magazine journalist, radio commentator, and syndicated columnist, as well as the author of five novels, including To Die For, and four books of nonfiction. Her bestselling memoir At Home in the World has been translated into nine languages. She is a regular contributor to More magazine, and has contributed to the New York Times, National Public Radio, O, The Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, the New York Times Magazine, Forbes, and Salon. Maynard appears as a storyteller with The Moth in New York City. The mother of three grown children, she divides her time between homes in Mill Valley, California, and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, where she runs writing workshops.



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Labor Day LP
Joyce Maynard
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  • 9780061893926
  • 7/28/2009
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"Joyce Maynard is in top-notch form with Labor Day. From the perfect pitch of a teenaged boy narrator to the eloquent message of how loneliness can bind people together, this is simply a novel you cannot miss."


- Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Handle With Care
"[The] story is moving and fast-moving, affirming Maynard's reputation as a master storyteller and showing her to be a passionate humanist with a gifted ear and heart. . . . Maynard illuminates the human experience."


- People (Four Stars)
Praise for At Home in the World:
 
“Riveting and disturbing.”


- Katha Pollitt, New York Times Book Review
"Dazzling."


- Jules Siegel, San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for To Die For:
 
“Unique and chilling.”


- Detroit News
"Powerful."


- Newark Star Ledger
"Maynard is in top form in this tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness."


- Associated Press
"Joyce Maynard is one of those blessed authors who can compress al lifetime's worth of ideas and emotions into a spare piece of work. . . . Maynard has forged an indelible, precise portrait of early adolescence. It's a perfect late-summer book, a page-turner that also makes you think."


- Dallas Morning News
"Maynard offers fresh insight into what constitutes family."


- USA Today
"It is a testament to Maynard's skill that she makes this ominous setup into a convincing and poignant coming-of-age tale."


- Washington Post