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Valley of the moon : a novel / Melanie Gideon.
"Lux is a single mom struggling to make her way in the world when she stumbles across an idyllic town in the Sonoma valley where she feels instantly at home. It seems like a place from another time--until she realizes it actually is. One night in 1906, anearthquake left Greengage stuck in the past. Lux must keep one foot in her world, raising her son as well as she can with the odds stacked against her, but every day she is more strongly drawn in by the sweet simplicity of life in Greengage, and by the irresistible connection she feels with a man born decades before her time. Soon she finds herself torn between her ties to the modern world-- her adored son--and the first place she has ever felt truly at home"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345539281 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 394 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Subject: | Single mothers > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
"Lux is a single mom struggling to make her way in the world when she stumbles across an idyllic town in the Sonoma valley where she feels instantly at home. It seems like a place from another time--until she realizes it actually is. One night in 1906, an earthquake left Greengage stuck in the past. Lux must keep one foot in her world, raising her son as well as she can with the odds stacked against her, but every day she is more strongly drawn in by the sweet simplicity of life in Greengage, and by the irresistible connection she feels with a man born decades before her time. Soon she finds herself torn between her ties to the modern world-- her adored son--and the first place she has ever felt truly at home"-- - Baker & Taylor
Stumbling across an idyllic community in the Sonoma valley that is astonishingly stuck in the early twentieth century, single mother Lux struggles to balance the cultural differences of the present-day world with the generations-older lifestyle of a man to whom she is drawn. - Baker & Taylor
Stumbling across an idyllic community in the Sonoma valley that is astonishingly stuck in the first decade of the 20th century, single mom Lux struggles to balance the cultural differences of the present-day world where she is raising her son with the generations-older lifestyle of a man to whom she is drawn. By the best-selling author of Wife 22. - Random House, Inc.
The author of the critically acclaimed Wife 22 has written a captivating novel about a love that transcends timeâperfect for readers of The Time Travelerâs Wife, Time and Again, and the novels of Alice Hoffman.
San Francisco, 1975. A single mother, Lux Lysander is overwhelmed, underpaid, and living on the edge of an emotional precipice. When her adored five-year-old son goes away to visit his grandparents, Lux takes a solo trip to Sonoma Valleyâa chance to both lose herself and find herself again.
Awakened at midnight, Lux steps outside to see a fog settled over the Sonoma landscape. Wandering toward a point of light in the distance, she emerges into a meadow on a sunny day. There she meets a group of people whose sweetly simple clothing, speech, and manners almost make them seem as if they are from another time.
And then she realizes they are.
Lux has stumbled upon an idyllic community cut off not only from the rest of the world but from time itself. The residents of Greengage tell a stunned and disoriented Lux that theyâve somehow been marooned in the early twentieth century. Now that she has inexplicably stepped into the past, it is not long before Lux is drawn in by its peace and beauty.
Unlike the people of Greengage, Lux discovers that she is able to come and go. And over the years, Lux finds herself increasingly torn between her two lives. Her beloved son is very much a child of the modern world, but she feels continually pulled back to the only place she has ever truly felt at home.
A gorgeous, original, and deeply moving novel about love and longing and the power that time holds over all of us, Valley of the Moon is unforgettable.
Praise for Valley of the Moon
âThe literary equivalent of a farm-to-table delicacy: lovingly handcrafted, delectable and transcendent, becoming more than just a tasty appetizer but a full-course experience of love and time and all the mystical beauty that the region has to offer.ââSan Francisco Chronicle
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âBeautifully written . . . [Valley of the Moon is] a wonderful story about belonging, love and the aching certainty that thereâs something more out there . . . sure to appeal to fans of Time and Again or The Time Travelerâs Wife.ââShelf Awareness (starred review)Â
âWith lovely shades of The Time Travelerâs Wife, Valley of the Moon is a magical, cinematic novel, breathlessly romantic and alive with the love of language.ââSarah Addison Allen
âAn enjoyable magic carpet ride . . . Two narrators, separated by nearly a century, tell a tale of old-time charm and contemporary agita.ââKirkus Reviews
âCaptivating.ââBooklist
âGripping . . . This update of Brigadoon is recommended because of its well-crafted twists and thought-provoking insights into different times and cultures.ââHistorical Novels Review
âA propulsive and at times deeply suspenseful novel . . . [Valley of the Moon] offer[s] powerful and perceptive considerations about the passage of time, the shape of our lives and the often unintended effects our actions have on the people and communities around us.ââBookreporter
