Man in the Blue Moon

Read this if you like books about: historical fiction, land disputes, greed, faith, evangelism, religion, seemingly endless tribulations, rumormongering, pistol fights, healing, family, loyalty and betrayal 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge #33—A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the titl......more

now have a new favorite author and his name is Michael Morris. The reason is the book Man in the Blue Moon. In the story we meet Ella Wallace. She was young when she met a wonderful charming man (Harlan) that her Aunt did not like. So what did she do ,she threw away an education and married this man......more

In his 2012 novel, Man in the Blue Moon, Michael Morris crafts a novel of the love, life, heartache and ultimate triumph of the strong-willed debutante turned lumberjack, Ella Wallace. It is 1917 in the small Northwest Florida town of Apalachicola, Florida. Abandoned with her three young sons by her......more

While this book didn't blow me away, it was an enjoyable read. I always enjoy stories with strong heroines and this story had some good twists and turns.......more

Harlan Wallace has disappeared; first into an opium-induced haze, and now he has disappeared completely. His wife Ella has been left on her own to finish raising their three sons in the Florida Panhandle town of Dead Lakes, just outside of Apalachicola. The banker, Clive Gillespie, can't wait to get......more