This author is well-known for her now-famous memoir detailing the colorful and often dysfunctional days of her youth. That familial theme echoes here too. I really like her laidback narrative style in this book, it truly captures the countryside folksy mindset of the place and era she writes about.
This historical fiction novel is set in the small town hills of Virginia during prohibition. It features the connections and disconnects often experienced in families and how we see the world through a very different, sometimes rose-colored lens. When we are young, naive, and impressionable we may place people we love on a pedestal they never deserved to be on and our illusions shatter and cut when they suddenly tumble off.
My overall lasting impression from the story is that we learn such hard lessons in life, but ultimately are stronger and better for it.
I’d like to thank NetGalley for an advanced copy of Hang the Moon for my unbiased evaluation. 4 stars
