Books like Where love goes by Joyce Maynard
Claire, a divorced single mother, is navigating life after thirty‑nine in a town where most are married. After meeting Tim, another widowed parent with a daughter named Ursula, the two hope to build a blended family and find companionship.
The story follows Claire’s attempts to balance her own needs with the expectations of her children, her new partner’s family, and the complex dynamics of a household in flux. When Ursula resents Claire’s arrival and her children struggle to accept a new step‑mother, feelings of uncertainty and loss intensify.
Through humor and lyrical realism, Maynard explores contemporary issues of motherhood, romance, and domestic balance, showing a woman’s courageous quest to remake her life while confronting the blurred lines between sexuality and domesticity.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Relationship Drama
Authors: Joyce Maynard
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