The Owl & Moon Cafe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743266413)

After losing her teaching position at the local university, Mariah Moon will do anything to keep her gifted twelve-year-old daughter, Lindsay, in a prestigious private school -- which means moving in with her mother and grandmother in an apartment above The Owl & Moon Café.

When her mother, Allegra, is diagnosed with leukemia, Mariah rises to the challenge of running the café mastering her mother's famous fudge and chatting up customers -- including a man who might just reawaken her heart. Meanwhile, Lindsay's controversial entry in a major national science contest creates a minor maelstrom in the cosseted Monterey Bay community. And Allegra, with one last great love affair in her, will revisit a man she loved so many years ago, and disclose the biggest secret of the Moon family: the identity of Mariah's father.

Will the Moon women recognize this as the moment to do away with their family history of dubiously fathered children, and learn to forgive others and themselves in order to move forward? In her poignant new novel, bestselling author Jo-Ann Mapson explores the complexities of love and family with the keen eye and stylistic grace that have made her books perennial favorites.

Author: Jo-Ann Mapson
ISBN-10: 0743266412
ISBN-13: 9780743266413
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2006
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.32w x 0.83d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2006 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2006 pg. 488
Publishers Weekly 05/29/2006 pg. 37
Booklist 05/15/2006 pg. 24
People Weekly 07/24/2006 pg. 43