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The Long Night Moon
April 20, 1974. Inside the imposing antebellum family home on Queens Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, the elite crowd gathers to offer condolences to Darcie and Ian on the sudden death of their socially prominent parents. Darcie, a determined seventeen-year-old, has lived to excess in her young life, not just from wealth, but also in her sexual encounters. Now, those excesses are about to catch up with her. Ian, her older brother, takes on the difficult task of looking after her. While he is no match for her, he has one thing going for him - Darcie's strong devotion, since he has been her only confidant in the past. Shortly after the accident, Ian insists on relocating Darcie to the remote Nantahala Mountain region of the state. Immediately upon arriving at the mountain retreat, she meets and becomes intrigued with Wa'si, a handsome Indian in his mid-twenties who clings to his own code of behavior.
- GenresRomance
242 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 2009
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February 23, 2017
Well written with very colorful, nearly poetic descriptions, this is a coming of age story. A rebellious young girl finds herself, and love, in the Carolina mountains.
While not exactly a page turner, it is nonetheless interesting, in addition to becoming more and more invested with the main character, you also get a glimpse of Native American culture that is at once intriguing, and ultimately life saving.
While not exactly a page turner, it is nonetheless interesting, in addition to becoming more and more invested with the main character, you also get a glimpse of Native American culture that is at once intriguing, and ultimately life saving.
June 29, 2010
Sassy, high-spirited and boy crazy, seventeen-year-old Darcie Edglon is abruptly taken away from the Charlotte, North Carolina world she knows three weeks after her parents are killed in an automobile accident. Responsible for her now, her older brother Ian orders her to pack her things without discussion or questions and prepare herself for an extended stay in the family's mountain house near the Nantahala National Forest in Western North Carolina.
While the house is spacious and mountains near Franklin, Dillsboro and Cherokee are beautiful, this is hardly recompense for being wrenched away from her friends and activities in Charlotte. Her opinion begins to change, however, when she meets a recently widowed young Cherokee man named Wa'si.
"The Long Night Moon" is a magically told story about a teenager with a secret on the cusp of womanhood. The Cherokee and high-country themes run through the novel like pure mountain water, and are a compelling counterpoint to the rebellious, city-wise Darcie. With her attraction to Wa'si--whom her brother Ian has told her to leave alone--Darcie cannot help but be drawn into a culture and a place that will support her during the trials to come.
Darcie is a strong-willed, inventive and intelligent young woman. When the person she is becoming is severely tested, these traits will serve her well. While Darcie's final test is wrapped up somewhat abruptly and the novel's concluding chapter could have been more expansive, Elizabeth Towles' novel is a very satisfying story.
While the house is spacious and mountains near Franklin, Dillsboro and Cherokee are beautiful, this is hardly recompense for being wrenched away from her friends and activities in Charlotte. Her opinion begins to change, however, when she meets a recently widowed young Cherokee man named Wa'si.
"The Long Night Moon" is a magically told story about a teenager with a secret on the cusp of womanhood. The Cherokee and high-country themes run through the novel like pure mountain water, and are a compelling counterpoint to the rebellious, city-wise Darcie. With her attraction to Wa'si--whom her brother Ian has told her to leave alone--Darcie cannot help but be drawn into a culture and a place that will support her during the trials to come.
Darcie is a strong-willed, inventive and intelligent young woman. When the person she is becoming is severely tested, these traits will serve her well. While Darcie's final test is wrapped up somewhat abruptly and the novel's concluding chapter could have been more expansive, Elizabeth Towles' novel is a very satisfying story.
September 12, 2012
No character development. We are suppose to understand what is happening.
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