Half Moon Pocosin - Hardcover

Johnson, Cherry L.F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0897334388 ISBN 13: 9780897334389

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

Set in the 1930s in eastern North Carolina, this is the story of a woman whose parents have forced her to give up her desire to become a teacher and to marry a man she does not love. Isolated in a primitive cabin, Cindy is a devoted mother but is filled with longing for a different kind of life. She knows there must be something outside the Pocosin, the marshland that surrounds her home. She must decide whether to continue living the life others expect of her or to live for herself.

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Synopsis:

Set in the 1930's in eastern North Carolina, this is the story of Cindy, a woman whose parents have forced her into giving up her deep desire to become a school teacher, and pressured her into marrying a man she does not love. Isolated in a primitive cabin, overwhelmed by daily drudgery, Cindy is a devoted mother but is filled with longing for another kind of life. Like the women who lived on the land before her, Cindy knows there must be something outside the Pocosin, the marshland that surrounds her home. On occasion, the ghosts of three women appear to Cindy, and she understands that she is not alone. The path her life has taken is already well worn by the women who lived on the land before her. Cindy must decide whether to continue living the life others expect of her or to live for herself. But freeing herself from the only life she knows also means severing ties with her family and risking the fate of her small daughter, Callie. Half Moon Pocosin catches the reader's imagination as it vividly depicts Cindy's difficult life, emblematic of hard times suffered by those who lived off the land.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0897334388
• ISBN 13: 9780897334389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168