{"product_id":"the-moonflower-vine-a-novel-isbn-9780061673238","title":"The Moonflower Vine: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Wit, emotion and undiminished boldness. . . . This is a book which celebrates life and warms the heart.” \u003cem\u003e—Tulsa World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA timeless American classic, this beloved family saga of the heartland is “deeply felt . . . dramatic . . . constantly alive” (\u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy's fate will be the family's greatest tragedy. Over the decades they will love, deceive, comfort, forgive—and, ultimately, they will come to cherish all the more fiercely the bonds of love that hold the family together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis moving novel brings to life the rhythms and the mood of Midwestern rural life through its endearing characters and their secrets, fears, heartache, and pleasures. Jetta Carleton’s only work of fiction remains an utterly compelling story told with perceptive humor and a deep compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timeless American classic rediscovered—an unforgettable saga of a heartland family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy's fate will be the family's greatest tragedy. Over the decades they will love, deceive, comfort, forgive—and, ultimately, they will come to cherish all the more fiercely the bonds of love that hold the family together.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A poignant . . . novel that has captured the heart of America and become one of the best-loved bestsellers of our day . . . A profoundly satisfying book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Once in a great, great while comes a new book that makes you thankful you know how to read. \u003cem\u003eThe Moonflower Vine\u003c\/em\u003e is just such a book…Written with a great feeling for beauty, human emotions and human foibles . . . filled with nostalgia, love, laughter, tears and real people.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco News—Call Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This novel is that rare find—a book you can truly enjoy and recall, long after reading it, with sharp pleasure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRita Mae Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is better than good. This is tremendous.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deeply felt American family saga...dramatic...constantly alive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Truly a beautiful book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinston-Salem Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s hard to say which is more surprising: that Jetta Carleton’s \u003cem\u003eThe Moonflower Vine\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel, that it’s her only published novel—or that it’s essentially been forgotten . . . Among the great pleasures of the novel is watching [its] chaste image unravel; the other is the writing, which captures both the beauty of the natural world and the complexities of human emotion.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A distinguished achievement” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The flavor of \u003cem\u003eThe Moonflower Vine\u003c\/em\u003e is much the same as that of \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e. . . . It has the same quiet feel of nostalgia, a breeze scented with bluegrass and wild roses. . . . A delightful book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beauty and sheer joy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wit, emotion and undiminished boldness. . . . 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