
Starlight and Moonshine
by O'Malley Joseph
Title:
Starlight and Moonshine
Author:
O'Malley Joseph
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
Illustrations
Publisher:
Delphinium Books
ISBN-13:
9781953002617
EAN:
9781953002617
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
420
Dimensions (mm):
186 x 133 x 22
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
In early 1980s Detroit, during the year following the drunk driving death of their alcoholic mother, a chorus of family voices grapple with haunting memories of the joys, regrets and the strains of love that will reverberate throughout all of their lives.During a Detroit winter's final snowfall in 1980, feeling fine after a few too many drinks, Hannah Fallon crashes her car through a cyclone fence and into an elm tree, leaving behind a messy wake of love and grief through which her family must wade in the year following her death. The story of the Fallon family, told in retrograde beginning a year out from Hannah’s death through the family members’ varying viewpoints, explores the humor, love, and rancor of a family grappling to keep their tight-knit bonds from unraveling. This elegy of family life under siege, written with Cheeveresque wit, clarity, and intensity, fulfills the promise of a long-awaited first novel.










