Inver Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Recommend this one. Blurb. 'Shattered by a recent bereavement, Minna and husband Tom retreat to an isolated village on the Dorset coast, seeking the solitude that will allow them to cope with their loss and rebuild their foundering marriage. Walking on the beach one day, they unearth a human skeleton. It is a discovery which will plunge Minna into a mystery which will consume her for months to come. The remains are soon identified as those of Private Lew Campbell, a black American GI who, it seems, drowned during a wartime exercise in the area half a century before.Growing increasingly preoccupied with the dead soldier's fate, Minna befriends a melancholy elderly woman, Felix, who lived in the village during the war. As Minna coaxes Felix's story from her, it becomes clear that the old woman knows more about the dead GI than she initially let on. "Playing with the Moon" is an unforgettable novel about memory and loss, about the legacy of war, and the need to reconcile ourselves to our past in order to live with the present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Sounds good Inver, off to add it to the wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I finished this book this afternoon. I loved it! It's my choice for our Bookworms group (discussion meeting next week!) so I hope the others enjoyed it as much. I can't imagine they didn't - it was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Inver, overall was it a downer? ( just curious ) Sounds like A LOT of heavy subject matter. THX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Somehow not! Quite uplifting at the end! Hope Inver agrees! I am so nosy and interrupty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 Inver, overall was it a downer? ( just curious ) Sounds like A LOT of heavy subject matter. THX! No it wasn't at all. I loved all the characters. Glad others have enjoyed it. Nice to get a positive feedback for a book I enjoyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 All my fellow 'bookworms' really enjoyed it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 All my fellow 'bookworms' really enjoyed it too. That is good to hear. What you gonna read next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) Escape by Carolyn Jessop. Not my normal type of read (that's the good thing about Bookclubs!) and the print is very small, but it sounds better than this usual type of book. Incidentally, I looked up the song quoted in Playing With The Moon - it comes from a song called 'My Curly Headed Baby' but the real lyrics Would you like the stars to play withOr the Moon to run away with... Edited September 12, 2008 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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