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They were born on the same day, in the same hospital, into families that could hardly have been less alike. Ruth is an artist and a romantic, with a rich and passionate imaginative life. Dana is a scientist and realist whose faith is firmly planted in what she can see or hear or touch. Yet these two very different women share the same struggle to make sense of their place in a world in which neither of them has ever truly felt she belonged. Told in the alternating voices of Ruth and Dana, "The Good Daughters" follows these birthday sisters as they make their way through the decades, from the 1950s to the present. Master storyteller Joyce Maynard chronicles the unlikely ways the two women's lives intersect - from childhood and adolescence to first loves, first sex, marriage, and parenthood; from the deaths of parents to divorce, the loss of home, and the loss of a beloved partner - until an unavoidable moment when a long-held secret from the past alters everything...

About the Author :
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 six novels, including To Die For and Labor Day, and four books of nonfiction. Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into nine languages.

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"Labor Day" is suffused with tenderness, dreaminess and love . . . first and foremost a page-turner . . . [it] puts back together the world that it destroys . . . .you definitely need to get a box of tissues. --Newsday" "The Good Daughters" shows Maynard s strengths once againparticularly in vivid descriptions of farm life, geographies, and relationships of all kinds. Passions and psychological changes in a character over time ring most true. --Providence Journal" [Maynard] weav(es) a knotty tale of family secrets, told in the alternating voices of her likable main characters. --Entertainment Weekly on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" [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)" A haunting and hopeful story. --Hartford Courant" A sometimes painful tale, but captivating and surprisingly moving. --Publishers Weekly" Absorbing. --More Magazine on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" An evocative story . . . [Maynard] consistently brings emotional authenticity to the long arc of her characters lives and to the joy and loss they experience. A profoundly moving chronicle of the primacy of family connection. --Booklist on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" An impressive writer...with a fine sense of time, of place, of humor. --Buffalo News on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" Beautifully written. --New Orleans Times-Picayune" But apart from being a successful thriller, this book is a fascinating portrait of what causes a family to founder, and how much it can cost to put it back on the right path. --NPR.org" Exquisite . . . . [A] beautifully written book. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on THE GOOD DAUGTHERS" I am hard pressed to think of anything I ve read that more honestly and eloquently expresses both the perils and the pleasures of love. Joyce Maynard has outdone herself in this beautifully written story you ll find hard to put down, and impossible to forget. --Elizabeth Berg, author of "The Last Time I Saw You "" In addition to being a beautiful and engaging story, Maynard deftly captures Dana s struggle to come to terms with her sexuality in the midst of her family s instability. And her relationship with Clarice is one of the strongest in the novel. Highly recommended. --AfterEllen.com on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" 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" 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"" Labor Day is a startling novel of love, friendship, trust, treachery, betrayal, and the deep lessons that we learn in life.... It s a powerful, poignant mix in the hands of author Joyce Maynard and a novel no one should miss. --www.Gather.com" Labor Day is both a coming-of-age story and a love story- a tale of profound loss, redemption and soul searching that is not to be missed. --www.MyDailyFind.com" Maynard deftly pulls the reader into the fragile lives of these three vulnerable characters and their preordained march toward the novel s denouement. A marvelous readperfect for one long sittingthis novel leaves the reader wishing it didn t ever have to end. --BookPage" Maynard details Henry s roller-coaster emotions for Frank he is both jealous and grateful and his mother s emotional journeys with skill and tenderness for the uncertain willingness of broken hearts to mend. The poignant results are revealing of our ability to forgive and to grow. --Smart Money" Maynard expertly tugs heartstrings in a tidy tale. --Kirkus Reviews" Maynard gets inside the head of an adolescent boy who is grappling with his own identity and the mysteries of sex (while revealing the secrets of making perfect pie crust). --Salt Lake City Tribune" Maynard has created an ensemble of characters that will sneak into your heart, and warm it while it breaks. --St. Petersburg Times" Maynard is a clever storyteller. --Seattle Times on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" Maynard is in top form in this tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. --Associated Press" Maynard offers fresh insight into what constitutes family. --USA Today" Maynard s inventive coming-of-age tale indelibly captures the anxiety and confusion inherent in adolescence, while the addition of a menacing element of suspense makes this emotionally fraught journey that much more harrowing. --Booklist" Maynard s spare prose packs a rich emotional punch...a can t put-it-down mystery. --People on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" Maynard spins a fascinating story of damaged people seeking the one thing they long for love. --Wichita Falls, TX, Times Record News" Maynard...is in top form in this tale of love, betrayal and forgiveness. --Record Searchlight (Redding, CA)" Powerful. --Newark Star Ledger" Rich and realistic . . . touching. --Library Journal" Riveting and disturbing. --Katha Pollitt, New York Times Book Review on "At Home in the World"" Surprisingly moving. --Arizona Republic" The novel is an extended meditation on the nature of love, grief and loneliness.... Maynard has created an ensemble of characters that will sneak into your heart, and warm it while it breaks. --St. Petersburg Times" THE GOOD DAUGHTERS, weaves a story of choices and events so intimate I felt I was part of it. The novel is wrenching, the emotions radiant, and will leave readers transformed. --Luanne Rice, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners"" Unexpected and heartbreaking . Arguably [Maynard s] best work yet. --Minneapolis Star Tribune on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS" Unique and chilling. --Detroit News" Vividly rendered. --Tampa Tribune on THE GOOD DAUGHTERS"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780062015167
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 0062015168
  • Publisher Date: 24 Aug 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 152 mm


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