I am a single mother and self-employed writer, who makes a chunk of money every now and then, without ever knowing whether it has to last one year or five. ---The move required me to divest myself of more than my belongings...
JOYCE MAYNARD has been a reporter for the New York Times, a magazine journalist, a radio commentator, and a syndicated columnist, as well as the author of six 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 eleven languages. Labor Day is being adapted for film by Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman. Maynard makes her home in Mill Valley, California.