Pack Up the Moon [Paperback]

Anna McPartlin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

What if your boyfriend died right in front of you?It was a night of laughter and celebration. But when John dies in a dreadful accident, his girlfriend Emma is plunged into despair. She loved John more than life itself - and now death has taken him from her. She feels nothing, she has lost everything, her world spins out of control.Or so she thinks. For Emma has friends - good friends who rally around. But the shocking memory of that night returns to haunt each of them in different and trying ways.And Emma knows that if she is ever to laugh at life again, or find love she once had, she will have to let go of the man she thought she couldn't live without. She must let go and trust her heart.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Twenty-six-year-old Dubliner Emma has it all: a teaching job, good friends and childhood sweetheart John by her side. When John dies in an accident, she must face life alone. Haunted by what could have been and blaming herself, Emma retreats into a grief from which only her friends—successful ad-woman Clodagh, gadabout editor Seán, newlyweds Anne and Richard and her priest brother, Noel—can rouse her. A cat arrives unbidden on her windowsill, harbinger of the unbelievable string of events (pregnancy scares, a tryst with a Parisian rapper and saving a woman from a rape in a dark alley) that restores Emma's will to live. The mix of light farce and heavy drama knocks the book off balance, though, leaving readers unsure whether they should pity or envy Emma as she traipses her way to a neat, happy ending. (Apr.)
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Brilliantly written ... an absolute page-turner --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 367 pages
• Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842232533
• ISBN-13: 978-1842232538
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,377,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Great Read!, April 10, 2008

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This review is from: Pack Up the Moon (Paperback)

Pack Up the Moon has quickly become one of my favorite books ever. It's about loss, pain, friendship, love, and finding your way. As a reader, you feel like you personally know the characters and fall in love with the story as it makes you cry and laugh. It is emotional and real. I didn't want it to end, but when it did, I felt satisfied and content. I'll be raving about this book for a while and would recommend it in a heartbeat!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A page-turner, July 5, 2008

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This review is from: Pack Up the Moon (Paperback)

It's not a book that will haunt me now that I'm finished with it in that deeply impacting way that others have done. But while I was reading it, I couldn't put it down.

I love the attention McPartlin pays to each character, loving them each equally, creating real people with complex lives out of every one of them. Her voice as an author is delightful, very pleasant and quick-paced. Despite the heartbreaking beginning to this book, the tone is quite uplifting.

It is clear that McPartlin put much thought into the emotions that accompany love, loss, and friendship. As I read in the back of the book, she draws, of course, on some of her own experiences, particularly with death of loved ones. Believe me, there is much to be learned from this book about the power of friendship and the search for one's own soul.

In short, the plot allows for a heartwarming journey through one woman's life and those closest to her. The author's skillfulness as a writer induces tears and laughter both. You can't ask for a better mix.

I may not be kept up at night tossing and turning thinking about Pack Up the Moon. Don't get me wrong, it's a deep book. But it is tender and loving enough that you feel healed and at peace after reading it. So I know that should I think back to this book in the future, it will be with warmth. Recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt masterpiece!, March 28, 2009

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K. Metz (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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WOW! I love this book! I finished this morning when I woke up and I am so happy that I picked this off of that bookshelf! Anna McPartlin, a writer I had never heard of, has officially changed my idea of reading. I love her writing style and her depth of character. I can't believe that she was able to capture so many universal emotions and stories in a 300 and some odd page book. Thank you for sharing this story with me! I will never forget it! Absolutely reccommended!