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Labor Day [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
eBook by Joyce Maynard
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eBook Category: Mainstream
eBook Description:  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.
eBook Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc./HarperCollins e-books
Fictionwise Release Date: July 2009
Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [323 KB], SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [219 KB]
All formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Mobipocket Reader ISBN: 9780061957659
eReader ISBN: 9780061957659
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