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Joyce Maynard will be reading and signing her new book, “Labor Day,” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, at Rakestraw Books, 522 Hartz Ave., Danville. Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescence and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy – and the man he later becomes – looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single long, hot life-altering weekend. Call 837-7337.

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