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Labor Day Paperback / softback - 2009
by Joyce Maynard
- New
- Paperback
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Details
- Title Labor Day
- Author Joyce Maynard
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Lgr
- Condition New
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Large Print
- Date 2009-07-28
- Large Print Yes
- Features Large Print
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780061893926
- ISBN 9780061893926 / 0061893927
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.04 x 0.68 in (22.91 x 15.34 x 1.73 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry--lonely, friendless, not too good at sports--spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates. For company Henry has his long-divorced mother, Adele--a onetime dancer whose summer project was to teach him how to foxtrot; his hamster, Joe; and awkward Saturday-night outings to Friendly's with his estranged father and new stepfamily. As much as he tries, Henry knows that even with his jokes and his "Husband for a Day" coupon, he still can't make his emotionally fragile mother happy. Adele has a secret that makes it hard for her to leave their house, and seems to possess an irreparably broken heart.
But all that changes on the Thursday before Labor Day, when a mysterious bleeding man named Frank approaches Henry and asks for a hand. Over the next five days, Henry will learn some of life's most valuable lessons: how to throw a baseball, the secret to perfect piecrust, the breathless pain of jealousy, the power of betrayal, and the importance of putting others--especially those we love--above ourselves. And the knowledge that real love is worth waiting for.
In a manner evoking Ian McEwan's Atonement and Nick Hornby's About a Boy, acclaimed author Joyce Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescence, and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy--and the man he later becomes--looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single long, hot, life-altering weekend.