Half Moon Lake
Inspired by the true story of a missing child who when eventually found was claimed by two mothers, Half Moon Lake is a captivating novel about the parent-child bond, identity, and what it really means to be part of a family. In 1913, on a summer's day at Half Moon Lake, Louisian... read full description below.
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| ISBN |
9780143792062 |
| Barcode |
9780143792062 |
| Published |
2 January 2019 by Transworld Publishers |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
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| Author(s) |
By Alexander, Kirsten |
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| ISBN-13 |
9780143792062 |
| ISBN-10 |
0143792067 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
In stock at publisher; ships 6-12 working days |
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| Publisher |
Transworld Publishers |
| Imprint |
Bantam |
| Publication Date |
2 January 2019
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| Publication Country |
 Australia |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback
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| Author(s) |
By Alexander, Kirsten |
| Category |
Modern Fiction
Australian
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| Number of Pages |
336 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 154mm
Height: 233mm
Spine: 28mm |
| Weight |
418g |
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| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Reading Age |
General Audience |
| NBS Text |
General & Literary Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
945980 |
Description of this Book
Inspired by the true story of a missing child who when eventually found was claimed by two mothers, Half Moon Lake is a captivating novel about the parent-child bond, identity, and what it really means to be part of a family. In 1913, on a summer's day at Half Moon Lake, Louisiana, four-year-old Sonny Davenport walks into the woods and never returns.The boy's mysterious disappearance from the family's lake house makes front-page news in their home town of Opelousas. John Henry and Mary Davenport are wealthy and influential, and will do anything to find their son. For two years, the Davenports search across the South, offer increasingly large rewards and struggle not to give in to despair.Then, at the moment when all hope seems lost, the boy is found in the company of a tramp. But is he truly Sonny Davenport? The circumstances of his discovery raise more questions than answers. And when Grace Mill, an unwed farm worker, travels from Alabama to lay claim to the child, newspapers, townsfolk, even the Davenports' own friends, take sides.As the tramp's kidnapping trial begins, and two desperate mothers fight for ownership of the boy, the people of Opelousas discover that truth is more complicated than they'd ever dreamed . . .
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Author's Bio
Kirsten Alexander was born in San Francisco, raised in Brisbane, and now lives in Melbourne with her partner and two sons. Half Moon Lake is her first published novel.
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