

Labor Day
Author: Joyce Maynard
Narrator: Wilson Bethel
Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/28/2009
Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Author: Joyce Maynard
Narrator: Wilson Bethel
Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/28/2009
Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Joyce Maynard is the author of twelve previous novels and five books of nonfiction, as well as the syndicated column, “Domestic Affairs.” Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into sixteen languages. Her novels To Die For and Labor Day were both adapted for film. Maynard divides her time between homes in California, New Hampshire, and Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Henry is a 13-year-old living with his pet hamster, Joe, and his agoraphobic, damaged mother at the end of a cul-de-sac in Holton Mills, New Hampshire. He sees his father on Saturday nights for unappetizing outings to Friendly’s with dad’s new family. Henry is small, unathletic and on the lower step......more
4.5 Stars Just wow. I've met Ms Maynard too late in my life! This story would have been better for me, had I not watched the movie first. I liked both. I dare say I would have been obsessed with the book and rated a resounding 5 stars had I not been privy to the screen play prior to the novel. But thi......more