I have always liked this author; I think the first book I read by Joyce Maynard was "Baby Love" way back in 1980. There is a bit of "gossip" revolving around Joyce and her affair with JD Salinger, but who the hell cares! She is a great writer, I think, and critics can say what they want.
This was a pretty long book and perhaps a bit too long, but I truly felt that I got to know these people. And they were people to me - not characters.
From Kirkus:
The novel bites off a lot—a Brett Kavanaugh–inspired storyline, a domestic abuse situation, a trans child, Eleanor's career—and manages to resolve them all, in some cases a bit hastily.
Maynard creates a world rich and real enough to hold the pain she fills it with.
The novel has flaws, but that didn't bother me a bit.
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