title: The Good Daughters: A Novel
author:  Joyce Maynard 
description: Starred Review. Two families, the Planks and the Dickersons, are mysteriously entwined in this exquisite novel that centers on decades of life at a New Hampshire farm. Youngest daughters Ruth Plank and Dana Dickerson, born on the same day in the same hospital, take turns narrating the struggles they face as children. Ruth feels a coldness from her mother; Dana is unsettled by her kooky parents constantly uprooting her and her brother Ray. Regardless, the Planks pay a yearly visit to the Dickersons no matter where they've ended up living. As the girls come of age, Ruth takes an interest in art, sex, and Dana's brother, Ray, with whom she later reunites, at Woodstock, in a swirl of drugs and mud. Meanwhile, Dana realizes that her desires are directed toward women and sets off to pursue agricultural studies at a university, where she meets Clarice, an assistant professor. As time goes by, the floundering Plank Farm is in danger of being seized by Ruth's former boyfriend, a man who has had his eye on the land for years. As Ruth and Dana pursue love, contemplate children, and search for home, the truth of what unites their families is finally--at long last--revealed, in this beautifully written book. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  NOVAK GRIZZLY
  
  
  (DAUGHTERS OF BEASTS, BOOK 1)
  
  
  By T. S. JOYCE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2018 by T. S. Joyce
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2018, T. S. Joyce
  
  
  First electronic publication: September 2018
  
  
  
  
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents
  are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and
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