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In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks of her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family--from the hopeful early days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and the costly aftermath that ripples through all their livesEleanor and Cam meet at a crafts fair in Vermont in the early 1970s. She's an artist and writer, he makes wooden bowls. Within four years they are parents to three children, two daughters and a red-headed son who fills his pockets with rocks, plays the violin and talks to God. To Eleanor, their New Hampshire farm provides everything she always wanted--summer nights watching Cam's softball games, snow days by the fire and the annual tradition of making paper boats and cork people to launch in the brook every spring. If Eleanor and Cam don't make love as often as they used to, they have something that matters more. Their family.Then comes a terrible accident, caused by Cam's negligence. Unable to forgive him, Eleanor is consumed by bitterness, losing herself in her life as a mother, while Cam finds solace with a new young partner. Over the decades that follow, the five members of this fractured family make surprising discoveries and decisions that occasionally bring them together, and often tear them apart. Tracing the course of their lives--through the gender transition of one child and another's choice to completely break with her mother--Joyce Maynard captures a family forced to confront essential, painful truths of its past, and find redemption in its darkest hours.A story of holding on and learning to let go, Count the Ways is an achingly beautiful, poignant, and deeply compassionate novel of home, parenthood, love, and forgiveness.

In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks of her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family--from the hopeful early days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and the costly aftermath that ripples through all their livesEleanor and Cam meet at a crafts fair in Vermont in the early 1970s. She's an artist and writer, he makes wooden bowls. Within four years they are parents to three children, two daughters and a red-headed son who fills his pockets with rocks, plays the violin and talks to God. To Eleanor, their New Hampshire farm provides everything she always wanted--summer nights watching Cam's softball games, snow days by the fire and the annual tradition of making paper boats and cork people to launch in the brook every spring. If Eleanor and Cam don't make love as often as they used to, they have something that matters more. Their family.Then comes a terrible accident, caused by Cam's negligence. Unable to forgive him, Eleanor is consumed by bitterness, losing herself in her life as a mother, while Cam finds solace with a new young partner. Over the decades that follow, the five members of this fractured family make surprising discoveries and decisions that occasionally bring them together, and often tear them apart. Tracing the course of their lives--through the gender transition of one child and another's choice to completely break with her mother--Joyce Maynard captures a family forced to confront essential, painful truths of its past, and find redemption in its darkest hours.A story of holding on and learning to let go, Count the Ways is an achingly beautiful, poignant, and deeply compassionate novel of home, parenthood, love, and forgiveness.

In 1972, Joyce Maynard, an undergraduate at Yale, wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine called 'An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life'. In spite of the thirty-five year difference in their ages, she believed they would be together always - but after a year, he sent her away.

Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard. After a childhood filled with heartbreak, Irene, a talented artist, finds herself in a small Central American village where she checks into a beautiful but decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona at the base of a volcano. The Bird Hotel tells the story of this young American who, after suffering tragedy, restores and runs La Llorona. Along the way we meet a rich assortment of characters who live in the village or come to stay at the hotel. With a mystery at its center and filled with warmth, drama, romance, humor, pop culture, and a little magical realism, The Bird Hotel has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation. The Bird Hotel is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard brings to life on the page is rendered from her imagination, it's one informed by the more than twenty years of which she has spent a significant amount of her time in a small Mayan indigenous village in Guatemala. As the New York Times said, " Maynard] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words." People Magazine said of her: "Maynard's spare prose packs a rich emotional punch."

Novyj roman izvestnoj amerikanskoj pisatelnitsy Dzhojs Mejnard, kotoruju kritiki nazyvajut veduschim golosom svoego pokolenija. Istorija o ljubvi i sposobnosti ljubjaschikh sovershat nevozmozhnoe. Talantlivaja khudozhnitsa Iren, perezhiv tragediju, okazyvaetsja v nebolshoj derevushke v Tsentralnoj Amerike, gde ostanavlivaetsja v krasivom, no vetshajuschem otele "Jorona" na beregu ozera u podnozhija vulkana. Iren predstoit poterjat sebja, chtoby obresti nadezhdu i podarit ee drugim postojaltsam otelja. "Besspornaja koroleva psikhologicheskogo portreta". - Le Monde "Roman o vynoslivosti, muzhestve, istselenii i spasenii, o chelovecheskoj schedrosti - blestjaschikh, neozhidannykh sposobakh, kotorymi my spasaem drug druga kazhdyj den". - Dzhenin Kammins, avtor bestsellera No 1 po versii New York Times "Amerikanskaja grjaz"

Jeg lurte på om du kunne gi meg en hånd." Den fremmede ser på Henry. Han har på seg samme uniform som de ansatte på kjøpesenteret, men klærne passer ham ikke. Han blør fra hodet og det ene beinet. Men Henry stoler på mannen. Det er noe godt i ham, det synes i øynene. Det er først senere, da den fremmede har blitt med ham og mamma hjem, at han begynner å bli mistenksom. I nyhetene advares det mot en farlig fange som er på flukt ... Henry vet ikke hva han skal gjøre - for det skjer et eller annet mellom moren og den fremmede. Selv en usikker tenåring kan ikke unngå å legge merke til spenningen mellom dem, og han ser blikkene de sender hverandre og de stjålne kjærtegnene. Sensommerdager handler om å våge elske og om å bli sett. Tenåringen Henry lærer seg å håndtere livet, og mellom den fremmede og moren skjer det noe stort, noe uhørt, som fanger leseren og ikke slipper taket. Romanen filmatiseres med Kate Winslet."

Året är 1979 och det är en torr och varm sommar i Marin County i Kalifornien. När flera unga flickor hittas döda i bergen bakom Rachels och hennes syster Pattys hem får deras pappa stadens stiliga och karismatiska (och notoriskt otrogna) kriminalinspektör leda utredningen. Systrarna fantiserar om vem som är mördaren, samtidigt som de ser hur pappan långsamt bryts ner och deras mamma sjunker allt djupare in i en depression. Månaderna går, fler flickor dör, och Rachel bestämmer sig för att ta saken i egna händer. Ett agerande som får förödande konsekvenser för alla hon älskar. Trettio år senare återvänder Rachel. Hon är fast besluten att ge sin far upprättelse, men överraskas av ett oväntat avslöjande. Berget bakom huset är en liten del thriller och en stor del familjedrama. Det är en stark berättelse om att växa upp, banden systrar emellan och en dotters skadeskjutna relation med sin far. *** Joyce Maynard, journalist och författare, har skrivit femton böcker. Romanen Labor Day har filmatiserats med Kate Winslet och Josh Brolin i huvudrollerna.

Helen befinner sig på botten. Drömmen om en karriär som fotograf har krossats, äktenskapet havererat och hon har förlorat vårdnaden om sin son, Ollie allt på grund av sitt alkoholmissbruk. Men så möter hon Ava och Swift Havilland, ett förmöget och karismatiskt par med ett imponerande hem och fantastiska vänner. Helen fascineras av deras generositet och snart sveps hon med i deras extravaganta livsstil. Dessutom har Ava och Swift betydelsefulla kontakter, och de erbjuder henne sitt inflytande för att hon ska få sin son tillbaka. Försiktigt börjar hon se ljust på framtiden. Men det visar sig snart att deras vänskap har ett högt pris ...De välvilliga är en berättelse om kärlek, vänskap, förlust och svek och om hur långt man är villig att gå för att känna samhörighet. JOYCE MAYNARD, amerikansk journalist och författare, har skrivit femton böcker, bland dem Berget bakom huset (2016). Romanen Labor Day har filmatiserats med Kate Winslet och Josh Brolin i huvudrollerna.

In one golden summer, Frances trades her working-class world for an elite Maine lakeside estate—where privilege and betrayal play a deadly game in this coming of age drama. For Frances, becoming a mother's helper at Wonderland feels like stepping into a fairy tale. The marble lions, the wooden boats, the pristine grounds—it's everything her modest childhood wasn't. Even better, she gets to spend the summer of 1986 with Forrest Emerson, her father's charismatic childhood friend who escaped their neighborhood to build this perfect world. But beneath Wonderland’s shimmering surface, nothing is quite what it seems. When Forrest’s wife Regina draws Frances into her private world, the teenager finds herself witness to the intimate secrets of adult lives. As the summer heat builds, so do the tensions within Wonderland’s walls. By Labor Day, a death will shatter the crystal-clear waters of Lake Catherine, leaving Frances to question everything she thought she knew about privilege, power, and the price of belonging.

In one golden summer, Frances trades her working-class world for an elite Maine lakeside estate—where privilege and betrayal play a deadly game in this coming of age drama. For Frances, becoming a mother's helper at Wonderland feels like stepping into a fairy tale. The marble lions, the wooden boats, the pristine grounds—it's everything her modest childhood wasn't. Even better, she gets to spend the summer of 1986 with Forrest Emerson, her father's charismatic childhood friend who escaped their neighborhood to build this perfect world. But beneath Wonderland’s shimmering surface, nothing is quite what it seems. When Forrest’s wife Regina draws Frances into her private world, the teenager finds herself witness to the intimate secrets of adult lives. As the summer heat builds, so do the tensions within Wonderland’s walls. By Labor Day, a death will shatter the crystal-clear waters of Lake Catherine, leaving Frances to question everything she thought she knew about privilege, power, and the price of belonging.

Explore Historic Homes of Famous WomenAdd to your travel bucket list with A Room of Their Own, the history guide to famous ladies and their estates. Experience the impact of these international residents on history through the artifacts that they left behind.#1 New Release in Literary TravelExperience the daily lives of feminist icons. Ever wonder what the most famous women in history did in their spare time? From bestselling author Marlene Wagman-Geller comes a women history book and travel memoir about the home museums of women who helped shape history. From female authors, artists, and public figures, A Room of Their Own has something for everyone wanting to know more about who these legendary ladies were.Connect with relics of the past. Full of historical facts and stories from 37 different locations around the world, this travel memoir also shares something that can only be found in these historic homes: the preservation of their personal legacy. Each chapter visualizes the emotional journey these residents lived through the personal items left behind. Featuring unknown stories about Frida Kahlo; Lizzie Borden; Diana, Princess of Wales; and more, history lovers will reconnect with these famous women in history as real people with everyday lives.Explore these home museums of famous women in history. The Betsy Ross Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jane Austen’s House, Chawton, The United Kingdom; Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, Mexico; Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Anne of Green Gables House, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Carry A. Nation, Medicine Lodge, Kansas; and more.Inside, you’ll also find:How these home museums came to beUnique furniture, photographs, letters, and other artifactsHistory trivia about the daily lives of these famous womenIf you liked books such as All the Beauty in the World, Women in White Coats, or Unabashed Women, you’ll love A Room of Their Own.