Mt. Moriah's Wake
A Novel

I love complex, strong, and gray characters. Such is the case with Joanne Wilson in this immersive novel. Set in a Southern community of Mt. Moriah, Joanna is orphaned at a tender age and wants to be a writer in her mid-twenties. She moves to Chicago after her best friend, Grace’s murder. It is afte......more

JoAnna’s aunt Doro raised her when she lost her parents. She taught her myriad life lessons and saw her off to Chicago after the loss of a friend drove JoAnna toward the wider world. So it made sense that JoAnna’s return to Mt. Moriah would be for something on the magnitude of Aunt Doro’s funeral. T......more

From Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review: "This is a novel that is beautifully written and while it is not explosive with action, it is filled with realism and humanity that will immediately rub off on readers. The story is about love, faith, and the experience of loss.... The prose leaps off the pages w......more

I LOVED this book. I like the author's style of writing, and the story is beautiful and powerful.......more

Mt. Moriah’s Wake is an emotional and beautifully written story of humanity, family, faith, loss of faith, despair, love and ultimately hope. I absolutely loved this book. I don’t quite understand how few people have read it. I highly recommend it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️......more