The Moon Sisters
A Novel

Name: The Moon Sisters
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Therese Walsh
ISBN: 9781982583750

Author: Therese Walsh

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 09/04/2018

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Psychological, Family Life

Synopsis

After their mother’s probable suicide, Jazz and Olivia Moon struggle to move on with their lives. Olivia, an eighteen-year-old who can taste words and see sounds, blinds herself by staring at the sun, then decides to walk to the remote setting of her mother’s unfinished novel to resuscitate her hopes and dreams. Jazz, twenty-two, plagued by unresolved conflict with her mother and a hidden trove of her unsent letters, takes a job in a funeral home before being forced back into the role of her sister’s keeper.The sisters’ journey through the wilds of West Virginia, disaster-prone from the start, takes a turn when they meet two train-hoppers with dangerous secrets, and Jazz learns that Olivia holds a dark secret of her own in the form of their mother’s final unread letter. Mistrust, resentments, and new attachments threaten to tear the two apart, until a final bizarre misadventure forces them to decide what’s really important.This mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism, is a moving tale of family and the power of stories.

About Therese Walsh

Therese Walsh is the author of The Last Will of Moira Leahy and the cofounder of Writer Unboxed. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children.

About Julia Whelan

Having narrated over 600 audiobooks in all genres, Julia Whelan is, by industry standards, considered one of the top narrators recording today. She’s repeatedly featured on Audiofile's annual Best-Of Lists. She was named Audible’s Narrator of the Year in 2014 and is a Grammy-nominated audiobook director.Julia has acquired multiple Audies and SOVAS (Society of Voice Arts) Awards, including for the performance of her own novel, My Oxford Year. She has won dozens of Earphone Awards, The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator of 2019, and was presented with Audiofile’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice Award in 2020.She attributes her distinctive style of narration to her ongoing passion for literature fueled by her decades of acting experience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Therese on July 01, 2018

Dear Readers, I wrote The Moon Sisters, and love it fiercely. I'm so glad for the opportunity to tell you a little about it. My two sisters are a part of this book in ways even they don’t realize. They inspired the push-pull-love-hate blood bond that is at the heart of The Moon Sisters. The three of u......more

Goodreads review by Julia on January 08, 2016

After their mothers death, Jazz and Olivia, two sisters as different as day and night, travel to the setting of their mothers unfinished novel to lay her spirit to rest. I didn't think I would like this book, but I did. There was alot of tension between the 2 sisters in the beginning of the book as t......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on March 28, 2014

A great read - Therese Walsh knows how to make distinctive characters and draw you in. This book, in particular, was very lyrical in the way it was written.......more

Goodreads review by Cameran on March 23, 2014

Jazz and Olivia Moon are sisters and as different as can be. As the elder of the two, Jazz has always felt trapped by her mother’s expectations, while Olivia -- who has a neurological condition called synesthesia, which allows her to see sounds or taste smells -- was allowed to be free to wander and......more

Goodreads review by Kim on December 28, 2013

The Moon Sisters is a more personal novel than The Last Will of Moira Leahy, and I believe it was kismet that Therese Walsh chose a condition like synesthesia to bestow on her character, Olivia Moon. Synesthesia is a neurological condition where senses overlap, allowing a person to hear color, for e......more

Quotes

“This magical, moving tale is not to be missed.” Booklist (starred review)

“Walsh has written a beautiful, lush novel fueled by a fairy-tale journey of grief, love, and will-o’-the-wisps.” Library Journal (starred review)