The Best of Us
In 2011, when she was in her late fifties, beloved author and journalist Joyce Maynard met the first true partner she had ever known. Jim wore a rakish hat over a good head of hair; he asked real questions and gave real answers; he loved to see Joyce shine, both in and out of the […]
After Her
Publishers Weekly Bestselling author Maynard (The Good Daughters) returns with the story of a broken family rocked by a real-life Bay Area serial killer. Rachel Torricelli and her younger sister, Patty, idolized their father, a homicide detective with a voice like Dino and an insatiable love for women—especially his daughters. After divorce split up their […]
Internal Combustion : the True Story of a Marriage and a Murder In the Motor City
Library Journal Review: On the night before Mother's Day, 2004, teacher and mother-of-two Nancy Seaman drove through a storm to Home Depot and bought a hatchet. Three days later, the body of her husband, Bob, was discovered in the back of her SUV, hacked and stabbed to death. These facts aren't in dispute; the question […]