Little Orphan Moonlight

by Lyn LeJeune

Glance at the baby girl wrapped in that dirty brown blanket. She will give birth to generations of strong American women. She will marry a wealthy white landowner (the son of the plantation owner upon whose land she grew up a slave orphan), start a school for young children, and write the first primer for children of former slaves.

394 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 31, 2013

About the author

Author of several published works, winner of Paris Writers Workshop Prize, studied writing with noted authors such as Marilynne Robinson, attended Breadloaf and other distinguished writers conferences.
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Reviews

[Claudia · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are so many things I loved about this book. The language, the people, the heartbreak, the suffering, the families, the twisting in and out of time -- so lyrical, so poetic. I learned a lot and found myself googling. Is this a real person? Is this a real place? Such flawed and beautiful and hopeful people. Like a dream. Long, lush sentences and thoughts. I really should give this 5 stars, but the formatting was hard to handle and there were a lot of editing mistakes, a name changed back and forth (Merden/Meriden) eye colors changed, lots of random blank lines in the middle of sentences and paragraphs, punctuation missing. It took me out of the flow over and again, but, even so...I Loved this book. The ending was a little abrupt, but upon reflection, how else could it have ended? I will definitely check out Lyn LeJeune's other works!