“Joyce Maynard's How the Light Gets In grabbed ahold of me in the first chapter and didn't let go until I'd finished the epilogue. A master storyteller at the top of her game, Maynard populates her story with characters I worried about, rooted for, and related to. I LOVED this book!”
— Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and
I Know This Much Is True
New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard's forthcoming novel How the Light Gets In (on sale 6/25/24) is receiving so much love! This follow-up to her beloved novel Count the Ways is a complex story of three generations of a family and its remarkable, resilient, indomitable matriarch, Eleanor.
If you haven't read Count the Ways yet, have no fear! How the Light Gets In can be read as a standalone novel. But we promise, after reading How the Light Gets In, you'll want to go back and read Joyce's backlist.
We adore this novel and we aren't the only ones. Check out the love:
“Joyce Maynard has stitched together a warm, rich patchwork quilt of a novel that reminds us history is made up simply of our stories; and that even in broken, imperfect things one finds beauty and strength.”
— Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“In turns joyful and heartbreaking, How the Light Gets In is a wise and bittersweet portrait of a complicated family. Joyce Maynard writes the kind of books that readers adore – bighearted, beautifully crafted, propulsively readable, and full of flawed and fickle characters who make difficult decisions and big mistakes, stumbling through life and love, trying to do their best. A word of advice: clear your calendar before you start reading!”
— Adrienne Brodeur, nationally bestselling author of Little Monsters and Wild Game
“How the Light Gets In feels like a conversation with a trusted sister about a wide circle of family members in order to discover their secrets and hopes. The story of Eleanor and her family is told in marvelous loops that fill in the gaps between the past and the present, the personal and the news of the day, difficult challenges and their remedies. Joyce Maynard has given us another generous, satisfying novel: she is a wonder.”
— Alice Elliott Dark, author of Fellowship Point and In the Gloaming
After reading all the praise, we know you will want to dive into How the Light Gets In. You can download an egalley on Edelweiss+ or NetGalley.
Congratulations to Joyce for writing such a beautiful novel! We can't wait for librarians and their patrons to read How the Light Gets In.
