Moon Women [Import] [Paperback]

Pamela Duncan (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Piatkus (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749932716
• ISBN-13: 978-0749932718
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can go home again!, November 24, 2001

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Paula Hess (Iowa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Women: A Novel (Hardcover)

I heartily applaud Pamela Duncan for her first novel, "Moon Women". The book tells the story of 4 women trying to come to grips with the reality of their lives. Ruth Ann is the mother, just getting used to her freedom being divorced from her husband A.J. But in one day her life suddenly does a complete turn around and she finds herself trying to once again relate with her daughter Ashley 19, who has just gotten out of rehab and come home to stay and who is pregnant. Then there is Marvelle, Ruth Ann's mother who at 84 is slowly sliding into senility. Her mother has been living with Ruth's sister Cassandra but, Marvelle decides she would rather stay with Ruth Ann and Ashley.
Thus starts the story of nine months out of these women lives as they learn from and about each other. Ashley who has spent 19 years running away from home now finds herself on a journey to find herself, Cassandra who has always hid behind her obesity and lonliness trys to come to terms with the life she has been dealt. Marvelle living between today and the past and has stories she wants her daughters and granddaughter to know before she passes. Ruth Ann is just trying to hang on to each of them and somehow find herself too. This is a heartwarming story that will leave the reader glad they took the time to listen.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful tale about intergenerational relationships, May 5, 2002

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"cymoncompanies" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Women: A Novel (Hardcover)

Take three generations of women from the same family, add in their problems and secrets, and mix it with the understanding, but at times unorthodox, support they give each other, and you have a heart-warming story from Pamela Duncan. "Moon Women" is a solid 4 read. If not for a slow start, which made me wonder if I should give it up, this would have earned a 5 from me. Duncan weaves the story of life's lessons and the need for ties between mothers, daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters. By the end of the story, I loved each of these women, who started out like a portrait of dysfunction. It also displays the strength of women who can forgive the men in their lives, and shows why this is oftentimes the best path to take.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just for Women, August 10, 2001

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G. Turner (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Women: A Novel (Hardcover)

The author spends a great amount of time developing the characters in this book and I thank her for it. Now, the Moon women are friends of mine too. These folks live, as most of us do, surviving the bad times, savoring and remembering the good times, and always looking forward with anxiety and hope for the times to come. Most people who read this book will look at Ms. Duncan's creations and see pieces of themselves or their family members embedded in the words she wrote. I know I did. I had a gandma with some of Marvelle's traits and a sister somewhat like Ruth Ann. Come to think of it, there's probably a few A.J.s, Cassis and Ashleys around too.

This book is a different genre for me - no detectives, serial killers, sports, courtroom scenes, or blood & guts at all. Still, there was a mystery in each character, an unknown that kept me turning pages and wanting to know more about these women and the few men they had under their spells. If anyone thinks this book is just for women, they are going to miss one heck of a good read.