Great Expectations (1946 film) stopped loving her. After hesitating, she embraces him and they leave the house together. Restoration House in Rochester was Dickens' inspiration for "Satis House", the decaying mansion of Miss Havisham. The production reproduced Restoration House in Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire. Dickens based Joe Gargery's house on the forge in the village of Chalk, near Gravesend, Kent – a replica was erected on St Mary's Marshes on the Thames Estuary. Pip and Herbert Pocket arrange to meet Magwitch and help him escape at Chatham Docks where slip 8 was used for the scene as well as exterior shots of the
Labor Day (novel) love-starved, become infatuated with each other, and Adele emerges from her depression. "The Washington Post" noted that "It is a testament to Maynard's skill that she makes this ominous setup into a convincing and poignant coming-of-age tale." In "The New York Times", author Jodi Picoult praised the work; "Joyce Maynard is in top-notch form with Labor Day. Simply a novel you cannot miss." In late 2009, it was announced that director Jason Reitman was in the process of adapting a script for Joyce Maynard's novel entitled "Labor Day". On June 16, 2011, it was announced that Kate Winslet and Josh