Domestic Affairs: Enduring the Pleasures of Motherhood and Family Life

Joyce Maynard. McGraw-Hill Companies, $7.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-07-041092-3

``Syndicated columnist Maynard paints scenes from her 10-year marriage, centering on the care of three children,'' reported PW . Richly detailed and often humorous, the work ``brings the reader into the intimacy of her rural New Hampshire home bustling with the exhausting but gratifying work of raising children.'' (October)

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