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To Die for - Joyce Maynard

By Joyce Maynard

Release Date: 2012-04-17

Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

3.5 (27 ratings)
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“A seductive page-turner” about a murderously ambitious cable-news star by the New York Times–bestselling author of Labor Day (The New York Times Book Review).

Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she’s ready.

Maynard’s brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel—adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman—was first published in 1992 before the era of manufactured stardom and the phenomenon of televised murder trials as entertainment. The book still stands as a razor-sharp satire of celebrity-fixated culture and the American obsession with TV—a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joyce Maynard including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

“A seductive page turner.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A triumph.” —The Boston Globe

“A powerful novel of murder and sexual obsession. . . .  Chilling.” —The Star-Ledger
Joyce Maynard is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir At Home in the World, translated into seventeen languages, and the New York Times–bestselling novel Labor Day. Maynard’s most recent novel, After Her, also tells a story of sex and murder. 

A former reporter with the New York Times and longtime performer with the Moth, Maynard teaches writing at Lake AtitlĂĄn, Guatemala, and makes her home in Northern California. 

To Die for - Joyce Maynard

By Joyce Maynard

Release Date: 2012-04-17

Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

3.5 (27 ratings)
Read Download
“A seductive page-turner” about a murderously ambitious cable-news star by the New York Times–bestselling author of Labor Day (The New York Times Book Review).

Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she’s ready.

Maynard’s brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel—adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman—was first published in 1992 before the era of manufactured stardom and the phenomenon of televised murder trials as entertainment. The book still stands as a razor-sharp satire of celebrity-fixated culture and the American obsession with TV—a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joyce Maynard including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

“A seductive page turner.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A triumph.” —The Boston Globe

“A powerful novel of murder and sexual obsession. . . .  Chilling.” —The Star-Ledger
Joyce Maynard is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir At Home in the World, translated into seventeen languages, and the New York Times–bestselling novel Labor Day. Maynard’s most recent novel, After Her, also tells a story of sex and murder. 

A former reporter with the New York Times and longtime performer with the Moth, Maynard teaches writing at Lake AtitlĂĄn, Guatemala, and makes her home in Northern California. 

More by Joyce Maynard

Labor Day

The Good Daughters

After Her

Under the Influence

Count the Ways

The Bird Hotel

At Home in the World

To Die for

How the Light Gets In

Baby Love

Where Love Goes

The Best of Us

Looking Back

The Joyce Maynard Collection

Domestic Affairs

The Cloud Chamber

Labor Day

The Usual Rules

L'hĂŽtel des oiseaux

FĂŒggƑsĂ©g

L'albero della nostra vita

OĂč vivaient les gens heureux

Il Bird Hotel

Baby Love

De si bons amis

Les Filles de l'ouragan

Long week-end

Par oĂč entre la lumiĂšre

L'influenceuse

Il meglio di noi

Dopo di lei

L'Homme de la montagne

La PrĂȘte Ă  tout

As boas filhas

Et devant moi, le monde

Ez az Ă©let

Une adolescence américaine. Chronique des années 60

Un jour tu raconteras cette histoire

Un giorno di festa

Das Hotel am Fuße des Vulkans

Un gran favor

Les RĂšgles d'usage

Die Guten

Come la luce tra le foglie

L'ombra degli Havilland

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