![]() Her perceptive, generous observations and attention to her characters’ inner lives make for a book that is much, much more than the sum of its characters. ![]() While marriage may be an endless, evolving equation of events and decisions that increase or decrease the original store of love, in the end, one hopes, there is still, indeed, love. But suffice it to say that the logistics of the plot are secondary: Malcolm and Jess provide the real momentum behind this novel. A slightly bizarre series of intrigues colors the end of The Half Moon. These are not earth-shattering or groundbreaking observations, but they are precisely why it’s such a pleasure to sink into Keane’s quietly luminous prose: Her recordings of the small, significant moments of life have a way of standing for something larger. ![]() The experience of reading Mary Beth Keane’s absorbing new novel, The Half Moon, feels - pleasantly - like breathing, or maybe just living. ![]()
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