The Moonflower Vine

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The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton

I plucked this gem out of the stacks to read while in Kansas City for a

Thanksgiving reunion with our children since it is about a family in

rural Missouri. Based loosely on Carleton's own family and written in

the early 60's, its charm lies in the fact that they all truly love one

another although like most families, have their flaws and secrets. The

book opens with the narration of the youngest daughters reflections of a

bucolic summer reunion and then switches to a third person narrative of

each of the other family members in turn, much like Olive Kitteridge.

Loving, humorous and blissfully free of neurosis, perversion and

politics, this is a novel that both men and women who appreciate to

power of family will relate to and enjoy.

moonflowervine by Jetta Carleton

I plucked this gem out of the stacks to read while in Kansas City for a Thanksgiving reunion with our children since it is about a family in rural Missouri. Based loosely on Carleton's own family and written in the early 60's, its charm lies in the fact that they all truly love one another although like most families, have their flaws and secrets. The book opens with the narration of the youngest daughters reflections of a bucolic summer reunion and then switches to a third person narrative of each of the other family members in turn, much like Olive Kitteridge. Loving, humorous and blissfully free of neurosis, perversion and politics, this is a novel that both men and women who appreciate to power of family will relate to and enjoy.