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When the Moon Turns Blue
When the Moon Turns Blue: A Novel | Pamela Terry
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One woman fights to hold on to her friends, her family, and all that she holds dear as a brewing conflict divides her small-town Georgia community in this powerful novel from the author of The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. This book is a treasure. Pamela Terry writes with a poets ear and a wicked sense of comic timing.Nationally bestselling author Barbara ONeal On the morning after Harry Clines funeral, a rare ice storm hits the town of Wesleyan, Georgia. The community wakes up to find its controversial statue of Confederate general Henry Benning destroyedand not by the weather. Half the town had wanted to remove the statue; the other half had wanted to preserve it. Now that the matter has been taken out of their hands, the towns long-simmering tensions are laid bare. Without Harry beside her, Marietta is left to question many of her preconceived ideas about her friends and family. Her childhood friend, Butter, has come to her aid in ways Marietta never expected or asked for. Her sister-in-law, Glinda, is behaving completely out of character, and her brother, Macon, the top defense attorney in the Southeast, is determined to find those responsible for the damage to the statue and protect the legacy of Old Man Griffin, the owner of the park where it once stood. Marietta longs to salvage these connections, but the world is changing and the divides can no longer be ignored. With a cast of compassionate, relatable characters, When the Moon Turns Blue is a poignant and timely novel about family, friendship, and what can happen when we discover that we dont particularly like the people we love.
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Panpan

An ice storm in Georgia?

Definitely something that shuts down an entire town and keeps everyone in.

Someone was out, though.

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robinb
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I fell in love with this author‘s debut and was excited to get my hands on this one, and she‘s definitely not a one-hit wonder. Centered around a small Georgia town this one begins with a death and ends with a happier occasion. This speaks to how communities/friends can be torn apart by discrimination/political maneuvering and how we‘re never too old for change/starting over in our lives. Terry‘s a beautiful writer. Her analogies and her nuanced🔻

robinb way with language are often haunting and always a pleasure to take in. The characters here are older (60s-70s), and that‘s a refreshingly interesting and unique perspective. My only concern is that sometimes I feel she leans too heavily and relies too much on stereotypes with some of her southern characters. Yes, there are absolute truths in how she paints her villains, but then again there are those positions that often🔻 (edited) 1y
robinb undeservedly receive a bad rap when portrayed as stereotypical. I won‘t go into specifics here to avoid spoilers, but I do find painting folks/positions with a broad harsh brush frustrating. I wholeheartedly recommend this one and am happy to now consider myself a fan for life. 4.5/5⭐️ For those interested I‘m tagging her debut (standalone). (edited) 1y
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