The Oceanography of the Moon, Glendy Vanderah
The Oceanography of the Moon, Glendy Vanderah
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The Oceanography of the Moon

Author: Glendy Vanderah

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Zachary Johnson

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/22/2022

Synopsis

A heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley Mays moved from Chicago to her cousins’ Wisconsin farm. Here she found solace in caring for her extraordinary adoptive brother, exploring the surrounding wild nature, and gazing at the mystical moon—a private refuge in which she hides from her most painful memories. But ten years later, now twenty-one, Riley feels too confined by the protective walls she’s erected around herself. When a stranger enters her family’s remote world, Riley senses something he’s hiding, a desire to escape that she understands well.Suffering from writer’s block, bestselling novelist Vaughn Orr has taken to the country roads when he happens upon the accommodating, if somewhat unusual, Mays family. He’s soon captivated by their eccentricities—and especially by Riley and her quiet tenacity. In her, he recognizes a shared need to keep heartbreaking secrets buried.As the worst moments of their lives threaten to surface, Riley and Vaughn must find the courage to confront them if they’re to have any hope of a happy future. With the help of Riley’s supportive family, a dash of everyday magic, and the healing power of nature, can the pair let go of the troubled pasts they’ve clung to so tightly for so long?

About Glendy Vanderah

Glendy Vanderah is the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars and The Light Through the Leaves. Glendy worked as an endangered-bird specialist in Illinois before she became a writer. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in rural Florida with her husband and as many birds, butterflies, and wildflowers as she can lure to her land. For more information, visit www.glendyvanderah.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on April 07, 2022

Glendy Vanderah is in my Top Ten Favourite Authors list. I absolutely loved Where the Forest Meets the Stars and The Light Through the Leaves. Those were very memorable reading experiences for me. Riley and Vaughan's story was the stuff of "magic" - as if the Universe, and all the players in their......more

Goodreads review by Debra on January 02, 2023

After the deaths of her aunt and Mother, Riley Mays moved from Chicago to Wisconsin to her cousin's home. There she was raised in a loving family home and grew to love nature. She still carries the painful memories of her childhood with her as she plans for her future. Ten years later, she is 21 yea......more

Goodreads review by Srivalli on March 24, 2022

3.2 Stars One Liner: Mixed feelings; has potential but doesn’t reach the expectations. Riley Mays and Vaughn Orr don’t seem to have anything in common. After all, what can a girl living with her cousins on a Wisconsin farm and a best-selling author from New York have in common? But when Vaughn ends......more

Goodreads review by Behind The Bookshelf on December 08, 2021

The Oceanography of the Moon took a mesmerizing beyond approach in the heartache and secrets that are buried deep within us and combined it with the sum and substance of the ability to heal through nature. Glendy possesses a rare enchanting skill to make the reader envision the surroundings and char......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 30, 2022

In September last year I read and enjoyed Glendy Vanderah's 2019 debut novel Where the Forest Meets Stars so when I saw she had a new release I didn't hesitate to request it.    Turns out this latest novel The Oceanography of the Moon is her third title but it was equally as enjoyable and contained......more

Quotes

“Of special appeal to readers with an interest magical realism and domestic family fiction…brought to life with the combined narrative talents of Brittany Pressley and Zachary Johnson…[an[ outstanding production.” —Midwest Book Review“Set against a backdrop of family and the mysterious, all-encompassing beauty of the natural world, Vanderah’s gloriously readable new novel is a warm story of two damaged people desperate to heal and to find hope, resilience, and—just perhaps—each other. Such a beautifully written tale of buried secrets, dark pasts, and rare courage.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and With or Without You“Glendy Vanderah’s beautifully rendered The Oceanography of the Moon tackles the enormity of fate, identity, and climate crisis, while tending to the most delicate intricacies of the human heart. Vanderah’s suspenseful and heartbreaking story prods readers to reconsider their preconceived ideas about guilt and redemption, destiny and self-determinism, and magic and unavoidable realities. I couldn’t help but cheer for these characters, who navigate darkness but never fail to recognize the beauty of a moth’s wing or a distant crater on the moon.” —Julie Carrick Dalton, author of Waiting for the Night Song

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