Half Moon
About This Book
Malcolm Gephardt has tended bar at the Half Moon for years, and he has always wanted a bar of his own. When his boss retires, he stretches his finances to buy the place. He senses a magic in it that is hard to put a number on and hopes to build it into something bigger, but keeping it afloat is a struggle. He is handsome and sociable, and the regulars love him. His wife, Jess, is smart and self-assured, and she has put much of her energy into her law career. After years of trying to have a baby, she is coming to terms with the possibility that motherhood may not happen for her. Like Malcolm, she feels her youth slipping away and wonders how to reshape what comes next. The novel unfolds over a single week in the town of Gillam. Malcolm receives shocking news about Jess, a patron of the bar disappears, and a blizzard strands everyone where they are. Mary Beth Keane, the author of Ask Again, Yes, uses this week to explore the disappointments and unexpected comforts of midlife, the different shapes forgiveness can take, the tangled closeness of small-town life, and what it means to be a family.
ISBN: 9781982172619
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