The Moon on a String

by Tricia Springstubb

After graduating from high school and leaving her small town for Boston, seventeen-year-old Deirdre discovers that it is not necessary to reject her family and her past in order to forge a life of her own.

201 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1982

About the author

Sister James Bernard, my first grade teacher, taught me how to read. Our class had 60 children (yes) and we went up and down the long rows, taking turns reading aloud. There was absolutely no reading ahead, which was torture. I was always dying to know What happened next? (though with Dick and Jane, the answer was usually, Not much.) As I grew up, I began to wonder not only what happened, but why, and much much later,inhabiting other people's stories wasn't enough. I began to make my own.

Reviews

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Moon on a String is really quite good. Ignore the Young Love Locket on the front, don't judge this book by its cover, and pick this one up if you get a chance.

Deirdre Shea has just graduated from high school, and rather than enroll in the junior college and marry the farmer-boy she's known all her life, she moves to Boston, to find herself and really live. She meets college-boy Tad, who wears Neiztche t-shirts and is either pessimistic or realistic. He believes that you can't change the world, and Deirdre thinks maybe she can.

Deirdre learns that beauty is as real as all the bad stuff in the world, and that everyone is connected as well as entirely alone. Honestly beautifully written and very relevant.