Light of the Moon (Mass Market Paperback)

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Rice continues to explore mother-daughter dynamics and themes of religion and destiny in her serviceable latest (after What Matters Most). Anthropologist Susannah Connolly, encouraged by her mentor Professor Helen Oakes, travels to the Camargue region in southern France for research and to fulfill a promise to Susannah's recently deceased mother to visit a statue of Sarah, a religious figure of the Romany people whose power supposedly helped Susannah's parents conceive their only daughter. Filled with guilt that she was far away at work when her mother died, Susannah is taunted and branded as indifferent by her former flame Ian Stewart, an ambitious colleague who creepily follows her to France and tries to persuade her to marry him. But after Grey, a French horse rancher, saves Susannah from big trouble in a marsh, their chemistry sizzles in tired prose (Susannah was different from anyone he'd ever known) as Grey, whose wife left him five years earlier, agonizes about bringing a new woman into his family. While the story provides some intrigue (a group of Romany women connected to Grey's wife take Susannah into their confidence), the narrative is maddeningly repetitive and the lovey-dovey passages dull. All of Rice's hallmarks are present, though this time out they don't pop. (Feb.)
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (December 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055358975X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553589757
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #145,435 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need to vist Camargue!, February 15, 2008

By	C. Kabat "cdesigns" (WI, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Light of the Moon (Hardcover)

Could this book be any more beautiful and descriptive of such an intriguing setting/location for a story? I found myself researching Camargue and the white horses that inhabit the salt marshes of this Southern France locale. I viisted Provance, France in May, 2007 and now feel the need to return to observe first-hand this special and historic area of the country. Luanne Rice has written a fulfilling story with troubled, but endearing, characters and leaves the reader wanting more. 5 stars for this wonderful book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and Memorizing, March 22, 2008

By	Tracy Lynne Jeff "mnsota74" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Light of the Moon (Hardcover)

Light of the Moon is the first Luanne Rice book I have ever read. I could not put the book down. It was exciting, and thrilling for me to step into the shoes of the characters in this novel. I felt alot of emotions... love, hurt,want, desire and need for one's mother in a girls life not matter the age. you will be not diapointed!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Her best yet!, March 1, 2008

By	C. Kraus (Adirondacks) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Light of the Moon (Hardcover)

I have read all of her books and this one is her best yet. This one is a keeper.