The Moonflowers

By Abigail Rose-Marie

Book Overview

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generations of women who depended on each other to survive.

Tig Costello has arrived in Darren, Kentucky, commissioned to paint a portrait honoring her grandfather Benjamin. His contributions to the rural Appalachian town and his unimpeachable war service have made him a local hero. But to Tig, he's a relative stranger. To find out more about him, Tig wants to talk to the person who knew her grandfather best: Eloise Price, the woman who murdered him fifty years ago.

Still confined to a state institution, Eloise has a lifetime of stories to tell. She agrees to share them all--about herself, about Tig's enigmatic grandmother, and about the other brave and desperate women who passed through Benjamin's orbit. Most revealing of all is the truth about Whitmore Halls, the mansion on the hill that was home to triage, rescue, death, and one inevitable day that changed Eloise's life forever.

As Tig begins to piece together the puzzle of her mysterious family tree, it sends her spiraling toward a confrontation with her own painful past--and a reconciliation with all its heartrending secrets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1662522975
• ISBN13: 9781662522970
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

4.5 stars

THE MOONFLOWERS by Abigail Rose-Marie Once I started reading this, I couldn’t put it down. It’s a slow burn, but one that is worth the time. Artist Antigone “Tig” Costello is commissioned to paint a memorial portrait of her grandfather. Tig decides to visit his hometown in Kentucky to learn more about him from the locals. What Tig uncovers is way beyond what she expected. The author delves into a controversial subject, but does so with sensitivity. For every situation the women in this story find themselves in, there are countless others who have had similar experiences especially in today’s society. Overall, an inspiring, multilayered family mystery with a compelling and thought provoking message/lesson about women’s right to bodily autonomy, and reproductive rights. This will resonate with many. Recommend but do mind the trigger warnings. Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐️