Labor Day Movie Tie- In Edition: A Novel [Paperback]

“Joyce Maynard is in top-notch form with Labor Day. Simply a novel you cannot miss.”

—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper and Keeping Faith

“Maynard has created an ensemble of characters that will sneak into your heart, and warm it while it breaks.”

—St. Petersburg Times

Joyce Maynard, acclaimed author of At Home in the World, is back with Labor Day. The  unforgettable story of a mother and son forever changed during a long summer weekend when a mysterious man comes into their lives. Labor Day is “a sexy, page turning, poignant story” (Jane Hamilton, author of A Map of the World) that “affirms Maynard’s reputation as a master storyteller and shows her to be a passionate humanist with a gifted ear and heart” (People)

As the end of summer approaches and a long, hot Labor Day weekend looms, the life of lonely thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler is irrevocably changed when he and his emotionally fragile mother show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret. Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin,Labor Dayis a poignant story of love, sex, adolescence, and devastating treachery.

Riveting and disturbing. -Katha Pollitt, New York Times Book Review on At Home in the World

Dazzling. -Jules Siegel, San Francisco Chronicle on At Home in the World

Unique and chilling. -Detroit News

Maynard has created an ensemble of characters that will sneak into your heart, and warm it while it breaks. -St. Petersburg Times

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 rigl³¸