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The Owl & Moon Cafe
Contributor(s): Mapson, Jo-Ann (Author)
ISBN: 0743266412     ISBN-13: 9780743266413
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
OUR PRICE:   $21.84  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2006
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Annotation: Four generations of women and their lives converge to deal with the difficult present and to return to the past to tackle unresolved issues of family, truth, and love.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Friendship
- Fiction | Women
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006042364
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.32" W x 7.92" (0.69 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Family
- Topical - Friendship
 
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Publisher Description:
After losing her teaching position at the local university, Mariah Moon will do anything to keep her gifted twelve-year-old daughter, Lindsay, in a prestigious private school -- which means moving in with her mother and grandmother in an apartment above The Owl & Moon Café.

When her mother, Allegra, is diagnosed with leukemia, Mariah rises to the challenge of running the café mastering her mother's famous fudge and chatting up customers -- including a man who might just reawaken her heart. Meanwhile, Lindsay's controversial entry in a major national science contest creates a minor maelstrom in the cosseted Monterey Bay community. And Allegra, with one last great love affair in her, will revisit a man she loved so many years ago, and disclose the biggest secret of the Moon family: the identity of Mariah's father.

Will the Moon women recognize this as the moment to do away with their family history of dubiously fathered children, and learn to forgive others and themselves in order to move forward? In her poignant new novel, bestselling author Jo-Ann Mapson explores the complexities of love and family with the keen eye and stylistic grace that have made her books perennial favorites.

Contributor Bio(s): Mapson, Jo-Ann: - Jo-Ann Mapson is the author of eight novels. She teaches fiction in the MFA program at the University of Alaska, and lives with her husband and four dogs in Anchorage, Alaska, where she is at work on a new novel. Visit her at www.joannmapson.com.