Clair de Lune

The setting for this story is southwest Missouri, 1941, before the U.S. has entered World War II. A single young woman named Allen Liles has just taken a job teaching at a junior college in a small town. She dreams of one day moving to New York and being a writer. She strikes up a friendship with tw......more

This book charmed the pants off of me. Not literally, but you get what I'm saying. I found an instant connection with Allen Liles -her love of reading, her passion for teaching. Set in a time period that boasts of innocence we've lost today, Clair de Lune also deals with adult themes that threaten th......more

Clair de Lune focuses on the innocence of a pre-war generation, both locally, globally and socially. There is a longing for what was, and a dread of what is to come -- the inevitable change. It also dips into the realm of boundaries not just separated by age, but influenced by position, power, gende......more

After The Moonflower Vine I guess I was expecting more. It's not that this is a particularly bad book, but it was certainly a disappointment. I had a lot of trouble getting into it, and pretty much just kept pushing through to finish it. I read it in fits and starts between other books over the cour......more

Pretty sad I wasted time reading this. It was short and read easily, but the whole time I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing ever did. The main character was pathetic and whiny and I couldn't find any redeeming qualities in her at all. The only potentially interesting characters disapp......more