Rating: 
Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Amanda's story speaks to and enlightens women of all ages about the many joys and challenges of womanhood and the ways in which we evolve as woman. The author introduced me to the Kincaid's family, I left feeling as though I knew them personally. Her descriptive writing transported me to the Atlantic coast, a place I visit often, but this time I didn't need to get into the car to be there, although I yearned to be throughout the book. As a woman with reverence for life, the ocean and a good read I came away from this book with the comfort that the waves of change sometimes bring! I'd love to see a sequel to this book!
Rating:
Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Amanda's story speaks to and enlightens women of all ages about the many joys and challenges of womanhood and the ways in which we evolve as woman. The author introduced me to the Kincaid's family, I left feeling as though I knew them personally. Her descriptive writing transported me to the Atlantic coast, a place I visit often, but this time I didn't need to get into the car to be there, although I yearned to be throughout the book. As a woman with reverence for life, the ocean and a good read I came away from this book with the comfort that the waves of change sometimes bring! I'd love to see a sequel to this book!
Rating: 
Summary: An enjoyable book...
Review: Fairness disclosure: I am an internet acquaintance of Maryanne Stahl's and value our cyber relationship. I would not be posting this if I had a poor opinion of FORGIVE THE MOON. But on the other hand, I have nothing to gain by falsely puffing her novel. I live in Indonesia and ordered FORGIVE THE MOON from Amazon. If I'd been an anonymous bookshop browser (which is, alas, a delight mostly unavailable here), I doubt I would have taken the novel to the cashier. Where's the dead body? The buried treasure? The sweep of history and the imagination of fantasy? In other words, a quick scan would have told me that this was not the sort of novel that I normally enjoy reading (ahem -- that doesn't mean I'm a literary philistine, either). But circumstances (friendship, I bought it anyway, I was on a extended boat trip with only a few books, etc. ) forced me to read it. And I realized when I finished that those precious few times I have been in bookstores, browsing, I have passed up some excellent, excellent novels simply because of snap judgments. FORGIVE THE MOON quickly drew me into its web of troubled family relationships by its superb writing, its acute observations, and its layering of everyday details that by themselves would be mostly mundane if not outright boring. But the way the author handles them, a world became alive to me that was, in its way, as vividly rendered as, say, Frodo's in the LORD OF THE RINGS. In the end, I was so caught up in Amanda's life that I was quite upset by the ultimate choices she made. But that's good -- that's a sign of living literature. If you think that "Fiction For The Way We Live" (the publisher's blurb on the cover) is not for you, then live adventurously and give FORGIVE THE MOON a lunar shot.
Rating:
Summary: Unexpected treasure
Review: Fairness disclosure: I am an internet acquaintance of Maryanne Stahl's and value our cyber relationship. I would not be posting this if I had a poor opinion of FORGIVE THE MOON. But on the other hand, I have nothing to gain by falsely puffing her novel. I live in Indonesia and ordered FORGIVE THE MOON from Amazon. If I'd been an anonymous bookshop browser (which is, alas, a delight mostly unavailable here), I doubt I would have taken the novel to the cashier. Where's the dead body? The buried treasure? The sweep of history and the imagination of fantasy? In other words, a quick scan would have told me that this was not the sort of novel that I normally enjoy reading (ahem -- that doesn't mean I'm a literary philistine, either). But circumstances (friendship, I bought it anyway, I was on a extended boat trip with only a few books, etc. ) forced me to read it. And I realized when I finished that those precious few times I have been in bookstores, browsing, I have passed up some excellent, excellent novels simply because of snap judgments. FORGIVE THE MOON quickly drew me into its web of troubled family relationships by its superb writing, its acute observations, and its layering of everyday details that by themselves would be mostly mundane if not outright boring. But the way the author handles them, a world became alive to me that was, in its way, as vividly rendered as, say, Frodo's in the LORD OF THE RINGS. In the end, I was so caught up in Amanda's life that I was quite upset by the ultimate choices she made. But that's good -- that's a sign of living literature. If you think that "Fiction For The Way We Live" (the publisher's blurb on the cover) is not for you, then live adventurously and give FORGIVE THE MOON a lunar shot.
Rating:
Summary: Smart, sensitive, intense
Review: For intelligent readers who like character-driven, beautifully written stories, it doesn't get any better than this. Stahl delves deep into the psychology of relationships in all their pain, joy and confusion, and emerges with a very human tale that buoys the soul.
Rating:
Summary: Smart, sensitive, intense
Review: For intelligent readers who like character-driven, beautifully written stories, it doesn't get any better than this. Stahl delves deep into the psychology of relationships in all their pain, joy and confusion, and emerges with a very human tale that buoys the soul.
Rating: 
Summary: A little of this but too much of that
Review: Forgive the Moon is a fabulous story of one woman's coming full-circle. The protaganist goes on vacation with her family leaving her husband behind. A rocky marriage to busy her mind, she finds that there is life beyond her marriage, and probably a better one. It's a story of love, courage and family.
Rating:
Summary: Couldn't Put It Down
Review: Forgive the Moon is a fabulous story of one woman's coming full-circle. The protaganist goes on vacation with her family leaving her husband behind. A rocky marriage to busy her mind, she finds that there is life beyond her marriage, and probably a better one. It's a story of love, courage and family.
Rating:
Summary: A very special read...
Review: Forgive the Moon is the perfect novel. Beautifully written, the characters are our own families; the heroine, Amanda, any woman at age 40 coming to crossroads in her life...empty nest syndrome, death of a parent, and the bittersweet realization that her life has not turned out exactly as planned; that everything, including her marriage, has fallen short of her expectations. But during a vacation in Long Island for one week with her siblings and their families, while exploring a separation from her husband, Amanda is lucky enough to rediscover passion and basically, her own identity. This is really a must read...one which will make you wish for both a prequel and a sequel. Amanda Kincaid is a character worthy of further exploration by the author.
Rating:
Summary: a pleasant surprise!
Review: I came upon this book on a table of new fiction at our local bookstore not too long ago. I had not read any of Maryanne Stahl's writing before this..and what a pleasant surprise. I felt like I could relate to the whole family in this story--it is fiction but it runs so true you feel that you are reading a woman's diary. I am 35 (almost 36) and the main character being older doesn't matter; she has been my age/s all thru the book. I can't wait for her next novel to come out. I hope it won't take a whole year!!
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