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How the Light Gets in
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From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her beloved novel Count the Ways--a complex story of three generations of a family and its remarkable, resilient, indomitable matriarch, Eleanor.
Following the death of her former husband, Cam, fifty-four-year-old Eleanor has moved back to the New Hampshire farm where they raised three children to care for their brain-injured son, Toby, now an adult. Toby's older brother, Al, is married and living in Seattle with his wife; their sister, Ursula, lives in Vermont with her husband and two children. Although all appears stable, old resentments, anger, and bitterness simmer just beneath the surface.
How the Light Gets In follows Eleanor and her family through fifteen years (2010 to 2024) as their story plays out against a uniquely American backdrop and the events that transform their world (climate change, the January 6th insurrection, school violence) and shape their lives (later-life love, parental alienation, steadfast friendship). With her trademark sensitivity and insight, Joyce Maynard paints an indelible portrait of characters both familiar and new making their way over rough, messy, and treacherous terrain to find their way to what is, for each, a place to call "home."
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780062398307
EAN:
9780062398307
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
432
Authors:
Joyce Maynard
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Published Date: 2024-25-06
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What a wonderful, in depth story. Love the way Joyce writes. I also enjoy all the musical references in the story. It was like looking at my life through the years.
This novel captures with wisdom ,so much of all our lives .So much joy and so much suffering. Yes that is what it means to live an authentic life Thank you Joyce
Loved everything about this book highly recommend. So well written an emotional journey worth taking for sure .. loved loved
The author provides such an insightful look at life and how it unfolds in ways you can’t imagine. It follows the main character through many decades as she learns how to let go, be thankful and realize what is really important in life.
I couldn’t put this book down and didn’t want it to end. It’s full of wisdom and is especially meaningful for anyone with a damaged child or anyone who has a child from whom one’s estranged.
