First edition
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| Author | Frances Parkinson Keyes |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Julian Messner (US) / Eyre and Spottiswoode (UK)[1] |
Publication date | December 1, 1950 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 490 pp |
Joy Street is a 1950 novel by Frances Parkinson Keyes. Despite only being released on December 1, 1950, it was ranked as the second best-selling novel in the United States for 1950.[2] Over two million copies were in print by the mid-1950s.[3][4][5] It also topped the New York Times Best Seller list for eight weeks in 1951.
The novel is set in Boston and explores a married couple facing the elitist expectations and norms of Boston society. Kirkus Reviews described it as a "meticulously caparisoned romantic novel."[6] William Darby's 1987 review of the popular literature of the 1950s describes the novel as "a characteristic woman's novel", which "unfolds at an excruciating pace."[7]
The novel was also serialized in Good Housekeeping magazine in November and December 1950.[8]
