by Joyce Maynard · 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264052698
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«Long week-end» is the novel by Joyce Maynard, published by 10/18 in paperback (256 pages, in French).
In 1987, during a sweltering weekend on the East Coast, Henry, thirteen, and his reserved mother Adele meet Frank, an escaped prisoner who asks them for refuge. What begins as a casual encounter while shopping turns into an unexpected cohabitation that disrupts their routine and stirs emotions in both.
The novel was originally published in English as «Labor Day» in 2009; this French edition, translated by Françoise Adelstain, came out in 2011.
For readers of contemporary fiction, coming-of-age stories, and family drama.
Joyce Maynard is an American novelist and journalist. She began her career in journalism in the 1970s, writing for several publications, most notably Seventeen magazine and The New York Times. Maynard contributed to Mademoiselle and Harrowsmith magazines in the 1980s, while also beginning a career as a novelist with the publication of her first novel, Baby Love (1981). Her second novel, To Die For (1992), drew on the Pamela Smart murder case and was adapted by Gus Van Sant into the film To Die For in 1995. Maynard received significant media attention in 1998 with the publication of her memoir At Home in the World, in which she describes her relationship with J. D. Salinger.
