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Hang the Moon

Jeannette Walls

Start date: April 1, 2024

Finish date: April 30, 2024

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May 04, 2023 Marisa rated it liked it

Let's start with the positive with this novel. This is my first Jeanette Wells novel and all in all, I did enjoy it. I listened to the audiobook and the author did a good job narrating the story with the accents of the characters. I loved the protagonist of this novel. Meet Sallie, a strong female, independent woman in the 1920's. She's a real spitfire! Sallie doesn't have much of an interest in marriage and this is just considered odd back then. This story takes place in Claiborne County, Virg ...more

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Jul 10, 2023 Melissa rated it liked it

I absolutely adored The Glass Castle and Half-Broken Horses, but didn't care for this one. I'm really not sure why -- it just all seemed very surface level, maybe? ...more

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Apr 29, 2023 Susan rated it liked it · review of another edition

I read her previous book, a memoir Glass Castles. I don’t remember too much. What I remember it was a sad book about her parents who were nomads. I don’t remember too much.

Her newest novel is about a young girl in the Appalachia Mountains living with her Father. Who just remarried, and has a son. She adores her father. He is bigger than life. He is an important man in the town. Her mother has died. He marries again. He has a son, Eddy. He’s new married wife doesn’t like Sallie. She is always p ...more

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