The River, By Moonlight - Book Review and Blog Tour
The River, By Moonlight by Camille Marchetta
“The River, By Moonlight” is a deceptively quiet book.
Henrietta Canning awakes one morning in April, 1917 to the sort of phone call that every parent dreads. A girl was seen falling - or did she jump? - into the Hudson River in New York City. A purse wrapped around her wrist proclaimed her Lily Canning. Was it her? Did someone take her purse?
What follows is the story of how family, friends, and community deal with the tragic loss of a talented young woman. Eight of Lily’s friends and loved ones each get to share with us their thoughts and feelings as they find out about and deal with her death.
I was sort of apprehensive about this book through the end of the first chapter. It started out a bit slow and I wasn’t sure what I should be expecting. By the time I got through the second chapter, though, I was intrigued. It worked very well for me to sit down and read a single chapter each time I sat down to read. In that way I savored the book and kept each individual’s memories of Lily from running together. By the end I was really very much enjoying this book and was extremely pleased to see Lily get to tell the story of the last day of her life herself in one of the very last chapters.
This was a lovely book and one I would definitely recommend.
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September 29th, 2008 at 7:31 am
This sounds like an interesting book. I might have to see if the library has it. Thanks!
September 29th, 2008 at 7:42 am
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September 29th, 2008 at 8:22 am
This book sounds really good. Great review. Its now on my TBL.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Sounds a bit like Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan. I would like to read this one so that I could compare the two. Thanks for a great review!
September 29th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Sounds interesting. I’m not totally convinced yet, though.
September 29th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I don’t blame you, it took me a couple of chapters to be convinced myself. It really snuck up on me, but I really enjoyed it by the end.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
What an interesting and thoughtful review! And your 100th too! Thank you so much.
Camille Marchetta
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
I have been in a reading block of late - trying to read books straight through to get caught up on those ARCs and this sounds like just what I need and a great idea for reading this particular book. Don’t worry so much about the entire book - try to focus on the part you are reading now!
This may be a book that moves up on my list of things to read.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:29 am
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October 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I think I might want to read this one. Congrats on your 100th review!!!