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Title details for Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls - Available

Hang the Moon

A Novel

by Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls
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"A rollicking tale." —The Washington Post *"Propulsive." —Associated Press * "Wild, smart, energetic." —Los Angeles Times * "Brilliant and effervescent." —NPR

From the #1 bestselling author of The Glass Castle, the instant New York Times bestseller a "rip-roaring, action-packed" (The New York Times) novel about an indomitable young woman in prohibition-era Virginia.
Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father's daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother's son, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out.

Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That's a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger.

"You'll fall in love with Sallie on the very first page and keep rooting for her all the way through to the last" (Good Housekeeping) in this thrilling read that "goes down easy...like the forbidden whisky that defines the life of Sallie Kincaid" (Associated Press).

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  • Release date

    March 28, 2023

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781508279211
      • File size: 359508 KB
      • Duration: 12:28:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 2, 2023
      Walls’s breathtaking latest (after The Silver Star) traces the trajectory of two feuding Virginia families and a woman who rises to the top of a bootlegging empire. For more than 50 years, bad blood has permeated relations between the bootlegging Kincaid family and the Bond brothers, starting with the Kincaids’ questionable acquisition of 88 acres from the Bonds. Sallie Kincaid’s enigmatic father, “the Duke,” controls an Emporium general store, warehouse, lumber mill, hauling company, and rental properties, and after a string of unexpected deaths in the family, Sallie takes charge of the family business during the Prohibition years. As “Queen of the Kincaid Rumrunners,” Sally comes to oversee a profitable business that amplifies the backwoods dispute into a full-fledged violent war with the Bonds, who avenge the Kincaids’ land grab with a calamitous act of escalation, entangling both families and exposing scandalous secrets. The thrilling plot culminates in bombshell revelations and massive conflagrations, and through it all Sallie makes for an indelible heroine as she fights for her life and livelihood. This is a stunner. Agent: Margaret Riley King and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, WME.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      As inspired as this novel is by family lore, it's understandable that bestselling memoirist Jeanette Walls would want to narrate her story of derring-do during Prohibition. In it, we meet Sallie, daughter of the county's "Duke," whose extraordinary personal arc takes her from a poverty-stricken childhood in exile to living in "the big house" and running the family's moonshine business. Along the way, the challenges and excitement are as heartfelt and thrilling as a Shakespeare drama. Walls's warm voice and gentle twang sound the right note for a story that is set in rural Virginia. While the lack of vocal differentiation among characters flattens the audio experience, the author's attentive pacing and emotional engagement help keep listeners engaged with this action-packed tale. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      Starred review from June 10, 2024

      The fortunes of a powerful family rise and fall through internecine struggles for dominance and Prohibition-era politics. When Duke Kincaid's third wife dies, he summons his second daughter back to Claiborne County, VA, where she takes the reins of the family's bootlegging operation. With narration as smooth and singular as Claiborne County moonshine, Walls (The Glass Castle; The Silver Star), takes listeners through Sallie Kincaid's internal evolution through the tumultuous years after her homecoming. In Sallie, Walls creates a gutsy, wounded young woman with a reputation to grow into--the Kincaid name is a powerful one--and the determination to prove herself at a time when women had barely won the vote. Walls's fifth self-narrated audiobook and third novel playfully merges historical inspiration, a juicy story, and a natural-sounding country twang that fits the Rum Runner Queen to a (Model) T. With high-octane turf wars and high drama family secrets, the plot can occasionally strain credulity, but listeners prepared to go along for the ride are in for a good time. VERDICT A recommended pick for all libraries, given the author's popularity. Detailed rendering of the Jim Crow South and a multigenerational bootlegger operation may attract additional listeners.--Lauren Kage

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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