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How The Light Gets In

A Novel
By Joyce Maynard
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ISBN: 9780063422698

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 November 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 445g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Joyce Maynard is the author of seven previous novels, including To Die For, Labor Day, and The Good Daughters, and four books of nonfiction. Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into sixteen languages. Maynard's bestselling novel Labor Day was adapted for film by Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman and stars Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. Maynard makes her home in California.

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