Half-Moon Scar (Stonewall Inn editions) - Softcover

Green, Allison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312282532 ISBN 13: 9780312282530

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

Synopsis

Three old friends reunite to explore and heal each other's scars

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Review

"In to-the-point prose that is nonetheless emotionally charged, Green delivers a hard-hitting coming-of-age story that perfectly evokes small-town Wisconsin in the seventies." --Out

"Allison Green is a smart, savvy writer. I hope this intense, lyrically debut novel gets the readership it deserves." --Rebecca Brown, author of The Dogs

"Allison Green's prose is knife sharp, enters clean and strikes deep. Half-Moon Scar is a powerful, heartbreaking novel." --Judith Katz, author of The Escape Artist

Synopsis

A Trio of Childhood Friends Reunite in an Attempt to Heal their Emotional Scars; Amy is a thirty-something lesbian who escaped her small, Midwestern hometown to pursue an academic career and establish an outwardly happy life with her lover, Robin. After years away, she returns to visit the people she's left behind - only to discover that her old friends Gina and Gavin have learned to dissociate from their pasts in extreme ways that rival her own. Amy's tendency toward self-mutilation parallels both Gavin's anorexia and Gina's moody detachment from life, and Amy soon begins to fear for Gavin's life while becoming more and more bewildered by Gina's behaviour. As past and present collide and the visit extends far beyond its intended length. Amy finds that she must reconcile the tense relationship with her family and her long-standing attraction to Gina, as well as her past romantic experimentation with Gavin. Together, Amy, Gina, and Gavin examine the scars - both emotional and physical, visible and invisible - that pervade their still-unresolved lives.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0312282532
• ISBN 13: 9780312282530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240