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Joyce Maynard

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in Durham, New Hampshire, The United States

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Joyce Maynard first came to national attention with the publication of her New York Times cover story “An Eighteen-Year-Old Looks Back on Life” in 1973, when she was a freshman at Yale. Since then, she has been a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, a syndicated newspaper columnist whose “Domestic Affairs” column appeared in more than fifty papers nationwide, a regular contributor to NPR. Her writing has also been published in national magazines, including O, The Oprah Magazine; Newsweek; The New York Times Magazine; Forbes; Salon; San Francisco Magazine, USA Weekly; and many more. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Charlie Rose, and on Fresh Air. Essays of hers appear in n ...more

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	Labor Day 3.60 avg rating — 34,177 ratings — published 2009 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Count the Ways 4.23 avg rating — 16,609 ratings — published 2021 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Under the Influence 3.86 avg rating — 9,388 ratings — published 2016 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Home in the World 3.99 avg rating — 3,260 ratings — published 1998 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.”
― Joyce Maynard, Labor Day

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“It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.”
― Joyce Maynard

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“A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.”
― Joyce Maynard, Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties

tags: loyalty

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The Husband's Secret

by Liane Moriarty

16 votes 25.0%

Labor Day

by Joyce Maynard

12 votes 18.8%

Winter's Tale

by Mark Helprin

12 votes 18.8%

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

10 votes 15.6%

The Last Letter from Your Lover

by Jojo Moyes

9 votes 14.1%

Blackberry Winter

by Sarah Jio

5 votes 7.8%

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