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Full Wolf Moon Going Down

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I had read Gloria Nero's first novel, Crazysad Heart of a Fool and couldn't wait to get her second. She didn't disappoint me. In fact I found this novel even more enjoyable. Maybe because I grew up on a farm and loved the life. This story is set once again in the Catskill Mountains. The time frame is the late 80's and takes place on a small family farm when farms are beginning to disappear, the land is being sold for recreational property (country homes for city people). Lucifer Cooley and his father Pop Cooley run their farm in an old fashioned way. They use draft horses and Lucifer is opposed to going into debt. Lucifer speaks in a local dialect (uncensored). He is an earthy man as is his father. This is a story about dark secrets and the little wars that go on in a family. I don't want to give the story away as there is a gripping sense of mystery. Gloria Nero's writing is arresting, her descriptions have a clarity that is about like being there. This novel, like her first, can be read on more than one level, as a story it's hard to put down. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. But the characters are thinking individuals and interact beyond the norm. There's a lot going on here. Gloria Nero isn't afraid to portray the dark side of human nature but she also measures out enough good to give her readers a sense of hope. I have to say there is a little girl in this novel that is just plain endearing. A moral decision of right or wrong is left up to the reader. And surprisingly it is a difficult one. I reccomend this novel highly. These are not steroptyped farm people, yet anyone who's ever lived or worked on a dairy farm will agree it rings true.