Cover of 'The Good Daughters' by Joyce Maynard featuring a young girl in a red plaid dress holding a basket of red apples, standing with her back to the viewer in front of a wooden fence.

THE GOOD DAUGHTERS

A powerful family novel about two sisters forced to confront a shattering act of violence and the secrets buried in their past—an unflinching exploration of trauma, loyalty, and the cost of silence.

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What People are Saying

  • “Maynard’s spare prose packs a rich emotional punch. A can’t-put-down mystery.”

    ~ People magazine.

  • “A story of choices and events so intimate I felt I was part of it. The novel is wrenching, the emotions radiant, and it will leave readers transformed”

    ~ Luanne Rice, author of The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners

  • “Joyce Maynard has outdone herself in this beautifully written story you’ll find hard to put down and impossible to forget.”

    ~ Elizabeth Berg, author of The Last Time I Saw You