Pack Up the Moon

Claire Breslinsky Mystery #prequel

by Mary Anne Kelly

At the start, Claire Breslinsky is in Munich working as a model. She rents a room in a large apartment and meets a series of magical people---or so they seem to her. Isolde, her landlady and sister model, introduces her to a number of people, including Germany's leading movie star, a noted film photographer, a doctor whose popularity with the opposite sex matches his medical skills, and many more. It's a dream for Claire, who fled her home in Queens because of its constant reminders of her cop brother's death.


At a wine-soaked dinner party in Isolde's flat, it is noisily agreed that the odd assortment of friends will drive a string of caravans to India, taking photographs and filming along the way for a documentary that will eventually pay for the trip.  And so the trek begins--during which Claire learns a good bit about India and a great deal more about men, women, and the voyages of the heart.


Mary Anne Kelly has been praised for bringing her characters to life. It's a skill that she uses to tremendous advantage in this wonderful new adventure.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 2006

About the author

Mary Anne Kelly is a former model and lyricist who later turned to writing. Her acclaimed novels follow Claire Breslinsky, an acclaimed photographer from Queens, New York. Kelly also calls Queens home.

Reviews

[Histteach24 · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had a hard time getting through the book. It sounded like it would be Eat, Pray,Love in group form but there was nothing appealing about the characters. In fact, the characters were so smug and snooty I hated all of them. I couldn't even find sympathy for Tupelo. I read all types of genres so I do not mean anything negative about my next statement but- was this suppose to be a gay/lesbian theme? The issue was left hanging. If that topic had developed maybe I would have enjoyed the storyline development more than I did. There really wasn't any storyline development- period. Just a bunch of naive, snooty, complaining people. At least in Eat, Pray, Love there were things to ponder and awakenings to think about giving new life meaning. What the heck was the point of this book????
Maybe, just maybe, I could use it as a history teacher to teach about some of the culture and conditions in India, etc during the 70's. And it mentioned news events like the oil crisis. Otherwise, this book has no value whatsoever.
Boring, yawn, boring....